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下手 (へた): unskillful, poor — Japanese vocabulary

下手 is read へた and means "unskillful, poor". JLPT N5 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

下手

Reading
へた · heta
Translation
unskillful, poor
Level
JLPT N5
Pitch accent
へたが

Example

私は歌が下手です。

わたしはうたがへたです。

I'm bad at singing.

Kanji in this word

  • 下 — down, below
  • 手 — hand

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