- youryou point, gist, essentials, tenets, outline; knack, trick, the ropes
Use 要領 for the key point of a matter or the knack of doing something; common in both formal writing and everyday speech about skills.
彼は要領がいいので仕事が早い。
Kare wa youryou ga ii node shigoto ga hayai.
He is quick-witted, so he works fast.
この機械の要領を覚えるのに時間がかかった。
Kono kikai no youryou o oboeru no ni jikan ga kakatta.
It took time to learn the knack of this machine.
⚖️ Often confused with 要点 (youten), which means the main point of an argument, not a knack or skill.
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