巧こう拙せつ

noun

skill and clumsiness; quality of execution

Refers to the degree of skill or quality in a performance, work, or technique, often implying a comparison between good and bad execution. Common in evaluative contexts.

• 作さく品ひんの巧こう拙せつは、技ぎ術じゅつだけでなく感かん性せいにも左さ右ゆうされる。

  The quality of a work depends not only on technique but also on sensibility.

• 料りょう理りの巧こう拙せつは、素そ材ざいの扱あつかい方かたで決きまることが多おおい。

  The skillfulness of cooking is often determined by how the ingredients are handled.