How to say genius in Japanese

JLPTN1
天才★【てんさいtensai】

noun:

  • genius; prodigy; natural gift Antonym: 凡才

Example Sentences

しかしshikashi、天才tensaiであるdearuがga故にyueni一般ピーポーippanPIIPOOからkara理解rikaiされsare難いgataiとtoいうiuのnoはha宿命shukumeiとtoもmo言えるieruわwa。
However you could say that being found hard to understand by the common folk for one's genius is fate.
「ところでtokorode神社jinjaをwo知っていますshitteimasuかka？」「軽くkaruku触れるfureru程度teidoにはniha。信仰shinkou対象taishouとなったtonatta存在sonzai、いわゆるiwayuruところtokoroのno神格shinkakuをwo祭るmatsuru礼拝reihai施設shisetsuねne」
"By the way, do you know what a Shinto shrine is?" "I've a little bit of knowledge on the subject. It's a religious facility where that which is the object of worship, that called the genius loci, is enshrined."
彼のkareno成功seikouはha天才tensaiよりもyorimo努力doryokuにni帰するkisuru。
His success is attributed more to hard work than to genius.
非凡hibonのno才saiがga優れてsugureteいればirebaいるiruほどhodo、世間sekenのno人々hitobitoがgaそれsoreをwo発見hakkenしshi理解rikaiするsuruのにnoni長いnagai時間jikanがgaかかるkakaru。
The greater the genius, the longer it takes the world to find it out and understand it.
彼女kanojoはha天才tensaiだdaとto信じられているshinjirareteiru。
It is believed that she is a genius.

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