機き転てん

noun

quick-wittedness; tact; resourcefulness

The ability to think and act quickly and appropriately in a situation, often with a nuance of cleverness or tact.

• 彼かれは機き転てんが利きくから、どんなトラブルでもうまく対たい応おうできる。

  He's quick-witted, so he can handle any trouble well.

• とっさの機き転てんで、彼かの女じょはその場ばを切きり抜ぬけた。

  With quick thinking, she got through the situation.