Illustration: At a community pottery class, a willing beginner tries to shape a simple bowl on a wheel. Their hands press unevenly, producing a vessel that leans sharply to one side with a drooping rim.

JLPT N5na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

下手へた

heta

bad at, unskilled

Example sentences

私わたしはテニスが下手へただ。
I am poor at tennis.
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彼かれは運転うんてんが下手へただ。
He is a bad driver.
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彼かれは字じが下手へただ。
His handwriting is poor.
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Kanji in 下手

下below; downOnカ・ゲKunした・しも・もと
手handOnシュ・ズKunて・て-・た-

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