天才

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 天才 (てんさい) is an evaluative noun applied to a person of exceptional ability in a field.
• Basic usage: 数学の天才と呼ばれる presents a label received since childhood, while 天才と片づける criticizes reducing sustained effort to a single label.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Praise and reductive labeling
  • 天才と classifies a person in both examples, but the stance differs. The positive label in 呼ばれた should not be carried unchanged into the critical context of 片づけたくない.