下手 (heta)
下手 (へた, heta) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “unskillful; poor”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- へた
- Romaji
- heta
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- unskillful; poor; awkward · な-adjective, noun
- imprudent; untactful · な-adjective, noun
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 下手
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 下手だ | へただ hetada |
| Present (polite) | 下手です | へたです hetadesu |
| Negative | 下手じゃない | へたじゃない hetajanai |
| Past | 下手だった | へただった hetadatta |
| Negative past | 下手じゃなかった | へたじゃなかった hetajanakatta |
| Te-form | 下手で | へたで hetade |
| Before a noun | 下手な | へたな hetana |
| Adverb (~ni) | 下手に | へたに hetani |
Kanji in 下手
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 下手.
下したbelow靴下くつしたsocks廊下ろうかcorridor下さいくださいplease (give me)地下鉄ちかてつsubway以下いかnot exceeding ...下宿げしゅくboarding下着したぎunderwear下るさがるto come down下りるおりるto descend (e.g. a mountain)下げるさげるto hang下すおろすto take down下りくだりdown-train下るくだるto descend
Source: JMdict entry 1185200 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.