業わざ師し

noun

tricky wrestler; shrewd fellow

Originally a sumo term for a wrestler who wins with clever techniques rather than brute strength. By extension, a person who is cunning, resourceful, or skilled at outmaneuvering others.

• 彼かれは相撲すもう界かいで有ゆう名めいな業わざ師しだ。

  He is a famous tricky wrestler in the sumo world.

• あの政せい治じ家かはなかなかの業わざ師しで、いつも巧たくみに議ぎ論ろんをかわす。

  That politician is quite a shrewd fellow, always skillfully dodging arguments.