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：2026/01/03
頓知
Hiragana
とんち
Noun
Japanese Meaning
その場に応じてすばやく働く機転や知恵。とっさの思いつきによるおもしろい言い回しや返答。 / 落語・講談などで、聞き手を笑わせるための機知に富んだやりとりや言葉。
Easy Japanese Meaning
そのばのようすをすぐにわかって、ぴったりなことをすぐに思いつくかしこさ
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
机智 / 急智 / 随机应变的智慧
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
機智 / 急智 / 臨機應變的機智
Korean Meaning
재치 / 기지 / 임기응변
Vietnamese Meaning
trí nhanh nhạy / sự ứng biến thông minh / tài đối đáp dí dỏm
Sense（1）
sharp wit; able to come up with information based on the situation immediately
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sharp wit; able to come up with information based on the situation immediately
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頓知
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His sharp wit helped to solve the problem.
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彼の頓知が問題を解決するのに役立った。
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