Japanese

人材

じんざい
Meaning: human resources; talented person; person of talent
Part of Speech: Noun

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Handwriting

人
材

Example sentences

Our company is always looking for talented individuals.
人材紹介会社に仕事を斡旋してもらった。
A recruitment agency helped me find a job.
新任のCEOは握髪吐哺の精神で、優秀な人材の獲得に奔走した
The new CEO sought out talented individuals with the spirit of akuhatsutoho.
実に優れた指導者は、吐哺捉髪の思いで有能な人材を迎え入れる。
A truly great leader welcomes talented people with the mindset of 'toho-sokuhatsu'.
優れた人材は揃っているが、群竜無首の状態でプロジェクトが一向に進まない。
There are many talented people, but because they are in a leaderless state, the project is not progressing at all.
彼は優れた人材を求めるため、一饋十起の精神で全国の優秀な学生に会いに行った。
In his quest for exceptional talent, he traveled across the country to meet outstanding students with the spirit of 'ikki jikki'.
若い人材は璞玉渾金の才能を持っている
The young talent possesses undeveloped but promising abilities
白駒空谷の境遇にある優秀な人材を見出した
I discovered excellent talent that had been languishing in obscurity.

Usage Notes

Refers to people who have the skills or potential to be useful to an organization or society.

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