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下手 へた N5

  1. awkward; poor; unskillful
  2. imprudent; untactful

下手 したて

  1. humble position; inferior
  2. underarm grip on opponent's belt

下手 しもて

  1. foot; lower direction; lower part
  2. left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)

下手くそ へたくそ

  1. awkward; clumsy; lousy; poor; shitty; unskilled

下手投げ したてなげ

  1. underhand throw
  2. underarm throw

下手したら へたしたら

  1. if one is careless; if one is unlucky

下手すると へたすると

  1. if one is careless; if one is unlucky; if things don't go well

下手すれば へたすれば

  1. if one is careless; if one is unlucky

下手っぴ へたっぴ

  1. awkward; bad; clumsy; poor; unskilled

下手な考え休むに似たり へたなかんがえやすむににたり

  1. inadequate ideas are worse than none at all; it's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; they to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep
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