庸よう才さい

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Meanings

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mediocre talent; ordinary ability

A somewhat literary or formal term for a person of average or unremarkable talent. Often used self-deprecatingly or in contrast to 天才 (genius).

彼かれは自じ分ぶんを庸よう才さいだと言いって、いつも努ど力りょくを惜おしまない。
He calls himself a person of mediocre talent and never spares any effort.
天てん才さいと庸よう才さいの差さは、努ど力りょくの積つみ重かさねにある。
The difference between a genius and a person of ordinary ability lies in accumulated effort.