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Yomi
たいきばんせい
Rōmaji
taiki bansei
Type
idiom
Literal Meaning
a large vessel/container is completed late
Meaning
Some people develop their talents and become successful/bloom later than others
Synonym
遅咲き
Additional Info
In a sentence, it is usually used as 大器晩成型, meaning “a kind of a late bloomer”.
Example
占いによると、私は大器晩成型らしい
According to fortune telling, I’m a kind of a late bloomer, it seems.