What's the difference between 「うまく」, 「上手に」 and ...

What's the difference between 「うまく」, 「上手に」 and 「よく」, all seemingly meaning "well" in English? Quite roughly: 上手に means ... JapaneseLanguageStackExchangeisaquestionandanswersiteforstudents,teachers,andlinguistswantingtodiscussthefinerpointsoftheJapaneselanguage.Itonlytakesaminutetosignup. Signuptojointhiscommunity Anybodycanaskaquestion Anybodycananswer Thebestanswersarevotedupandrisetothetop Home Public Questions Tags Users Unanswered Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Startcollaboratingandsharingorganizationalknowledge. CreateafreeTeam WhyTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. Learnmore What'sthedifferencebetween「うまく」,「上手に」and「よく」? AskQuestion Asked 10years,9monthsago Modified 10years,8monthsago Viewed 5ktimes 16 What'sthedifferencebetween「うまく」,「上手に」and「よく」,allseeminglymeaning"well"inEnglish? SomeonesaidthatIshoulduse「よく」ratherthan「うまく」inthefollowingsentence.Cananyoneexplainwhy? この文の意味は　うまく　よく　分からなかった。

I'dreallyliketoknowthedifferencebetweenthe3words,ormaybejustsomeexamplesofwhereoneismoresuitablethananotherifpossible. Edit:Doingsomediggingthroughmanye-mails,itturnsoutitwasn't「うまく」vs「上手に」atallasintheoriginalquestion,butIthinktheotherpersonclearlypreferred「上手」over「うまい」: ～さんのクラフトはうまそう上手。

word-choiceexpressions Share Improvethisquestion Follow editedNov14,2011at8:41 cypher askedNov10,2011at1:20 cyphercypher 13.3k66goldbadges5353silverbadges124124bronzebadges Addacomment  |  1Answer 1 Sortedby: Resettodefault Highestscore(default) Datemodified(newestfirst) Datecreated(oldestfirst) 8 What'sthedifferencebetween「うまく」,「上手に」and「よく」,allseeminglymeaning"well"inEnglish? Quiteroughly:上手にmeans"skilfully."Youdon'tskilfullyunderstandasentence,sothat'swhyyoudon'tsay*この文の意味はうまく分からなかった. うまくisquiteinformalinmeaning"well"witha"skilfully"nuance. Youuseitforqualifyinghowyouthrewthatbowlingballtodoastrike,orhowyoursistersangatthekaraoke. よくisaformalorneutralwaytosay"well"asin"properly." よく分かりましたか？ Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredNov14,2011at8:44 AxioplaseAxioplase 11.8k2929silverbadges4949bronzebadges Addacomment  |  Youmustlogintoanswerthisquestion. Nottheansweryou'relookingfor?Browseotherquestionstaggedword-choiceexpressions. Related 74 Differencebetween-ていくand-てくる 17 をvsがwithuseagainst好き? 5 What'sthebesttranslationofアタリinthecontextofdrawing? 20 What'sthedifferencebetween一応andとりあえず? 16 Whentouse"もっと"vs"より" 6 Differencebetweenwordsforroad 5 Howtodifferentiatebetweenreferencesinpasttomean"lasttime"or"earlier" 2 Howdoyousay"pair"ofpeople? 6 Expressingdifferencebetween"fluent"and"nativespeaker"inJapanese 4 Whatisthedifferencebetween傲慢、横柄、威張る、高慢、高ぶる? HotNetworkQuestions Transferpurchasedstufftoanotheraccount HelponWifiThermostatWiringGuide HasthereeverbeenapianoinStarWars? Uncoverpointsofscatterplot Whyusealargeseparatestarshadeinsteadofanoccultingdisk? apt-getinstalldoesnotfindlocallibrary Howmuchtimeshouldyouspendplanningacommitbeforewritingcode? Removeallsymlinksinafolder Predatortechnologystagnation Whyistherenomemberinaprimarygroupofthesameasgroupuser? Useechoareatoshowwhichfacesareappliedtotextatpoint? ExecutablevsLibraryinBashScript Selectfeaturebyexpressionandrun"native:buffer"onselection,worksfor"id"fieldbutnootherfieldinPyQGIS Fittextwithinabutton Whyisclimatechangetriggeringfasterrotation? Why'Vir'istheonlywordof2nddeclensionwith-irending? Whatistherelationbetweenabductivereasoningandfallacy? WheredidtheBuddhasaythatTeachingsthatdon'tcontaintheNobleEightfoldPathcannotleadtoEnlightenment? Sci-fistoryreferencedinThePracticeEffect Howtoreigniteasun? HowdoIrendermycurrentview? HasChinaeverclearlystatedthatitwouldinvadeTaiwanifitdeclaresindependence? TraveloptionstoRussia Copyfiletosamepathassourcewithoutchangingdirectories morehotquestions Questionfeed SubscribetoRSS Questionfeed TosubscribetothisRSSfeed,copyandpastethisURLintoyourRSSreader. Yourprivacy Byclicking“Acceptallcookies”,youagreeStackExchangecanstorecookiesonyourdeviceanddiscloseinformationinaccordancewithourCookiePolicy. Acceptallcookies Customizesettings