話し上手は聞き上手

はなしじょうずはききじょうず

good talkers make good listeners

上手下手

じょうずへた

differences in skill

下手上手

へたうま ヘタウマ

at first glance poor, but on closer examination not too bad, crude but charming (of artwork, etc.), poorly made but captivating

口上手

くちじょうず

smooth-speaking

上手者

じょうずもの

flatterer

上手物

じょうてもの

quality goods, choice goods

上手い

うまい

skillful; skilful; skilled; good; expert; clever (expression, trick, etc.); apt; appropriate

右上手

みぎじょうず

right-handed outside grip (on one's opponent's belt)

上手く

うまく

skilfully, skillfully, well, aptly, cleverly

お上手

おじょうず

skill, skillful, dexterity

床上手

とこじょうず

being good in bed; sexual performer

戦上手

いくさじょうず

being battlewise; being skilled in battle; experienced warrior

左上手

ひだりじょうず

left-handed outside grip (on one's opponent's belt)

交際上手

こうさいじょうず

good at socializing, sociability, being a good mixer

上手投げ

うわてなげ じょうずなげ

a throw using the outside of the arm

商売上手

しょうばいじょうず

good at business, having a good head for business, businesslike

聞き上手

ききじょうず

good listener

説得上手

せっとくじょうず

persuasiveness, skilled in the art of persuasion

一枚上手

いちまいうわて

one step higher, one better, cut above, one up