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“Mediocre ability” in Japanese

Short answer
凡手 bonshu ぼんしゅ

Mediocre ability in Japanese is “凡手” (bonshu). Full meaning: mediocre ability, person of ordinary skills; uninteresting (trivial, worthless) move (go, shogi, othello, etc.).

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