何でも屋

Japanese

Kanji in this term
何	屋
なん Grade: 2	や Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

• なんでも屋

Etymology

From 何(なん)でも (nan de mo, “even anything; everything”) + 屋(や) (ya, “-ist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nã̠nde̞mo̞ja̠]

Noun

何(なん)でも屋(や) • (nandemo-ya) 

1. generalist; jack of all trades

See also

• 多能工(たのうこう) (tanōkō, “multi-skilled factory worker”)
• 器用貧乏(きようびんぼう) (kiyōbinbō, “Jack of all trades, master of none.”)