Meaning of 機敏(きびん) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 機敏

Kana Reading きびん

Romaji kibin

Examples of 機敏, きびん in a sentence

彼は機敏に動いて火事を消し止めた。

He acted quickly and put out the fire.
彼のような機敏な男ならば、その新たな状況に適応できなかったはずがないだろう。

Such an alert man as he couldn't have failed to adapt himself to the new situation.
警察は力があって、動作が機敏でなければならない。

A policeman should be strong and quick in action.

敏 JLPT 1

10 strokes

cleverness, agile, alert

On'Yomi: ビン

Kun'Yomi: さとい

機 JLPT 3

16 strokes

mechanism, opportunity, occasion, machine, airplane

On'Yomi: キ

Kun'Yomi: はた

敏

10 strokes

On'Yomi: ビン

Kun'Yomi:

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