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

聞き手

ききて

hearer, listener, audience

聞き下手

ききべた ききへた

poor listener

上聞

じょうぶん

an imperial hearing

手続き上

てつづきじょう

procedural

上手

じょうず

upper stream, upper course of a river

聞き

きき

hearing, audible sound

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

上手下手

じょうずへた

differences in skill

新聞紙上

しんぶんしじょう

the press, (in the) newspapers

上手い

うまい

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

上手物

じょうてもの

quality goods, choice goods

手上げ

てあげ

all over, given in, given up hope, bring to knees

上手者

じょうずもの

flatterer

口上手

くちじょうず

smooth-speaking

お上手

おじょうず

skill, skillful, dexterity

左上手

ひだりじょうず

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

右上手

みぎじょうず

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

戦上手

いくさじょうず

being battlewise; being skilled in battle; experienced warrior