Illustration: At a family sports afternoon on a neighborhood playing field, three children and one athletic adult start the same short footrace. The children run freely, but the adult carries a towering stack of bulky cushions under both arms as an agreed handicap.

ハンデ

hande

handicap, disadvantage

Short for ハンディキャップ. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

彼かれは病弱びょうじゃくというハンデを負おわされている。
He is handicapped by poor health.
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準備じゅんびの時間じかんが短みじかいのは、私わたしたちにはハンデだ。
Having less time to prepare puts us at a disadvantage.
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経験けいけんの差さが彼かれには大おおきなハンデになった。
The gap in experience put him at a major disadvantage.
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