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下手

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📖 English Meaning

maladroit, self-acting, inept, incompetent, awkward, amateur, botchy, clumsy, lubberly, bad, right stage, unskilled person, fuckup

Pronunciation

Hiragana:

へた　したて　しもて　しもで

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Romaji:

heta　shitate　shimote　shimode

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Character Meanings

下 under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down

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