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何でも屋 — meaning in English

nandemoya

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English meaning

  • generalist noun A person with a broad general knowledge, especially one with more than superficial knowledge in several areas and the ability to combine ideas from diverse fields.

Senses

何でも屋 is used for these senses in English:

  • generalist A person with a broad general knowledge, especially one with more than superficial knowledge in several areas and the ability to combine ideas from diverse fields.
  • jack of all trades (idiomatic) One competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them. [from early 17th c.]

generalist — full definition

  1. noun A person with a broad general knowledge, especially one with more than superficial knowledge in several areas and the ability to combine ideas from diverse fields.
  2. noun A general practitioner.
  3. noun Species which can thrive in a wide variety of environmental conditions. A eurytopic species.

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