(n) someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality, Syn. brain, mastermind, brainiac, Einstein, Example:Mozart was a child genius; he's smart but he's no Einstein
[あやつる, ayatsuru] (v5r, vt) (1) to manipulate; to operate; to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to steer (a ship); (2) to have a good command of (a language); to be fluent in; (3) to operate a puppet; to pull the strings of a puppet; (4) to mastermind; to pull the strings; to control from the shadows; (5) (arch) to play (a musical instrument); (P)#8677