finesse

巧みさ、手腕

人間関係や難しい状況を、気を配りながら賢く扱う能力。

やさしい英語で： Skill in dealing with people or difficult situations in a careful, clever way.

• She handled the complaint with finesse.
• The talks required considerable finesse.
• His political finesse helped settle the dispute.

類義語： tact, skill, diplomacy

反対語： clumsiness

よく使う表現： with finesse, diplomatic finesse, handle with finesse

優雅さ、洗練

物事のやり方に見られる美しさ、滑らかさ、洗練された技。

やさしい英語で： A quality of beauty, smoothness, or fine skill in how something is done.

• Her dancing has real finesse.
• The performance combined power with finesse.
• His playing lacked the finesse of the older musicians.

類義語： elegance, grace, refinement

反対語： clumsiness

よく使う表現： artistic finesse, technical finesse, lack finesse

巧妙な策、妙手

望む結果を得るために使う、巧みな手段や行動。

やさしい英語で： A clever action used to get the result you want.

• It was a clever finesse.
• That tactical finesse saved the agreement.
• She won through a series of small finesses.

類義語： manoeuvre, ploy

よく使う表現： a clever finesse, a tactical finesse

フィネス

相手の強いカードの位置を見込んで、勝ちを狙うカードの出し方。

やさしい英語で： A card-playing move that tries to win by taking advantage of where an opponent’s stronger card is.

• The finesse won the trick.
• She tried a finesse against the king.
• Their second finesse failed because the queen was in the wrong hand.

よく使う表現： take a finesse, successful finesse, diamond finesse

巧みに処理する、うまく操る

物事を注意深く巧みに進める。時には相手に気付かれずに人を操る。

やさしい英語で： To manage something carefully and cleverly, sometimes by controlling people without their noticing.

• She finessed the details of the deal.
• He finessed a difficult negotiation.
• We need someone who can finesse these arrangements.

類義語： manage, handle, manipulate

よく使う表現： finesse a deal, finesse the details, finesse an arrangement

巧みにかわす、うまく回避する

巧みな言い訳や計画で、問題や難しい質問を避ける。

やさしい英語で： To avoid a problem or difficult question by using a clever excuse or plan.

• He tried to finesse the question.
• They finessed the problem with a clever legal argument.
• Can we finesse this difficulty without delaying the deal?

類義語： sidestep, evade, circumvent

よく使う表現： finesse a problem, finesse the issue, finesse a question

だまし取る

人をだましたり巧みに誘導したりして、何かを手に入れる。

やさしい英語で： To get something from someone by tricking them or cleverly influencing them.

• He finessed free tickets from the promoter.
• She finessed some cash from an unsuspecting tourist.
• They tried to finesse a refund from the shop.

使い方： finesse something from someone (He finessed a free meal from the owner.)

類義語： con, swindle

よく使う表現： finesse something from someone, finesse free tickets

フィネスする

相手の誰が強いカードを持つかを見込んでカードを出すこと。

やさしい英語で： To try a card-playing move based on which opponent may hold a stronger card.

• She decided to finesse.
• He finessed the queen and won the trick.
• Should we finesse against the king?

使い方： finesse against a card (They finessed against the king of spades.)

よく使う表現： finesse the queen, finesse against someone, finesse in hearts