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cleverness; skill; tact
clever person (in a particular field); skillful person (skilful)
彼は交渉の巧者として有名だ。
He is famous as a skilled negotiator.
世渡りの巧者にはなかなか敵わない。
It's hard to compete with someone who is worldly-wise.
巧者な話術で相手を納得させた。
She convinced the other party with skillful rhetoric.