"下手" meaning in Japanese

See 下手 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [he̞ta̠]
Etymology: Probably a semantic shift from 端 (heta, “edge of something”), referring metaphorically to the edge of one's abilities or knowledge. The kanji spelling appears to be an instance of jukujikun (熟字訓). Etymology templates: {{m|ja|端||edge of something|tr=heta}} 端 (heta, “edge of something”), {{m|ja|熟字訓}} 熟字訓, {{juku|sort=へた}} jukujikun (熟字訓) Head templates: {{ja-adj|へた|infl=na}} 下手(へた) • (heta) -na (adnominal 下手(へた)な (heta na), adverbial 下手(へた)に (heta ni)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=. に|attributive=. な|conditional=. なら(ば)|conjunctive=. で|continuative=. で|degree=さ|formal=. です|formal_negative=. で は ありません|formal_negative2=. じゃ ありません|formal_negative_past=. で は ありません でした|formal_negative_past2=. じゃ ありません でした|formal_past=. でした|hypothetical=. なら|imperative=. で あれ|imperfective=. だろ|informal_negative=. で は ない|informal_negative2=. じゃ ない|informal_negative_past=. で は なかった|informal_negative_past2=. じゃ なかった|informal_past=. だった|kana=へた|lemma=下手|provisional=. だったら|terminal=. だ|volitional=. だろう}} Forms: 下手 [canonical] (ruby: 下手(へた)), heta [romanization], 下手な [adnominal] (ruby: 下手(へた)), 下手に [adverbial] (ruby: 下手(へた)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 下手だろ [imperfective, stem], へただろ [imperfective, stem], heta daro [imperfective], 下手で [continuative, stem], へたで [continuative, stem], heta de [continuative], 下手だ [stem, terminative], へただ [stem, terminative], heta da [terminative], 下手な [attributive, stem], へたな [attributive, stem], heta na [attributive], 下手なら [hypothetical, stem], へたなら [hypothetical, stem], heta nara [hypothetical], 下手であれ [imperative, stem], へたであれ [imperative, stem], heta de are [imperative], 下手ではない [informal, negative], 下手じゃない [informal, negative], へたではない [informal, negative], へたじゃない [informal, negative], heta de wa nai [informal, negative], heta ja nai [informal, negative], 下手だった [informal, past], へただった [informal, past], heta datta [informal, past], 下手ではなかった [informal, negative, past], 下手じゃなかった [informal, negative, past], へたではなかった [informal, negative, past], へたじゃなかった [informal, negative, past], heta de wa nakatta [informal, negative, past], heta ja nakatta [informal, negative, past], 下手です [formal], へたです [formal], heta desu [formal], 下手ではありません [formal, negative], 下手じゃありません [formal, negative], へたではありません [formal, negative], へたじゃありません [formal, negative], heta de wa arimasen [formal, negative], heta ja arimasen [formal, negative], 下手でした [formal, past], へたでした [formal, past], heta deshita [formal, past], 下手ではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], 下手じゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], へたではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], へたじゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], heta de wa arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], heta ja arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], 下手で [conjunctive], へたで [conjunctive], heta de [conjunctive], 下手なら(ば) [conditional], へたなら(ば) [conditional], heta nara (ba) [conditional], 下手だったら [conditional, past], へただったら [conditional, past], heta dattara [conditional, past], 下手だろう [volitional], へただろう [volitional], heta darō [volitional], 下手に [adverbial], へたに [adverbial], heta ni [adverbial], 下手さ [noun-from-adj], へたさ [noun-from-adj], hetasa [noun-from-adj]
  1. unskilled, bad at, poor at, weak at, incompetent
    Sense id: en-下手-ja-adj-9fLZBpvl
  2. superficial, halfhearted, half-assed, careless
    Sense id: en-下手-ja-adj-kYrKpyl0
  3. smaller or lesser in degree
    Sense id: en-下手-ja-adj-0QP~Tfk6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

IPA: [ɕi̥ta̠te̞], [ɕi̥ta̠de̞]
Etymology: Compound of 下 (shita, “down; under; lower”) + 手 (te, “hand”). Occasionally encountered with rendaku (連濁), where the -te ending changes to -de. Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|下|手|sort=したて|t1=down; under; lower|t2=hand|tr1=shita|tr2=te}} 下 (shita, “down; under; lower”) + 手 (te, “hand”), {{m|ja|連濁}} 連濁, {{sortkey|ja|下手}} へた, {{ja-rendaku|sort=したで}} rendaku (連濁) Head templates: {{ja-adj|したで|infl=na}} 下手(したで) • (shitade) -na (adnominal 下手(したで)な (shitade na), adverbial 下手(したで)に (shitade ni)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=. に|attributive=. な|conditional=. なら(ば)|conjunctive=. で|continuative=. で|degree=さ|formal=. です|formal_negative=. で は ありません|formal_negative2=. じゃ ありません|formal_negative_past=. で は ありません でした|formal_negative_past2=. じゃ ありません でした|formal_past=. でした|hypothetical=. なら|imperative=. で あれ|imperfective=. だろ|informal_negative=. で は ない|informal_negative2=. じゃ ない|informal_negative_past=. で は なかった|informal_negative_past2=. じゃ なかった|informal_past=. だった|kana=したで|lemma=下手|provisional=. だったら|terminal=. だ|volitional=. だろう}} Forms: 下手 [canonical] (ruby: 下手(したで)), shitade [romanization], 下手な [adnominal] (ruby: 下手(したで)), 下手に [adverbial] (ruby: 下手(したで)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 下手だろ [imperfective, stem], したでだろ [imperfective, stem], shitade daro [imperfective], 下手で [continuative, stem], したでで [continuative, stem], shitade de [continuative], 下手だ [stem, terminative], したでだ [stem, terminative], shitade da [terminative], 下手な [attributive, stem], したでな [attributive, stem], shitade na [attributive], 下手なら [hypothetical, stem], したでなら [hypothetical, stem], shitade nara [hypothetical], 下手であれ [imperative, stem], したでであれ [imperative, stem], shitade de are [imperative], 下手ではない [informal, negative], 下手じゃない [informal, negative], したでではない [informal, negative], したでじゃない [informal, negative], shitade de wa nai [informal, negative], shitade ja nai [informal, negative], 下手だった [informal, past], したでだった [informal, past], shitade datta [informal, past], 下手ではなかった [informal, negative, past], 下手じゃなかった [informal, negative, past], したでではなかった [informal, negative, past], したでじゃなかった [informal, negative, past], shitade de wa nakatta [informal, negative, past], shitade ja nakatta [informal, negative, past], 下手です [formal], したでです [formal], shitade desu [formal], 下手ではありません [formal, negative], 下手じゃありません [formal, negative], したでではありません [formal, negative], したでじゃありません [formal, negative], shitade de wa arimasen [formal, negative], shitade ja arimasen [formal, negative], 下手でした [formal, past], したででした [formal, past], shitade deshita [formal, past], 下手ではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], 下手じゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], したでではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], したでじゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], shitade de wa arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], shitade ja arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], 下手で [conjunctive], したでで [conjunctive], shitade de [conjunctive], 下手なら(ば) [conditional], したでなら(ば) [conditional], shitade nara (ba) [conditional], 下手だったら [conditional, past], したでだったら [conditional, past], shitade dattara [conditional, past], 下手だろう [volitional], したでだろう [volitional], shitade darō [volitional], 下手に [adverbial], したでに [adverbial], shitade ni [adverbial], 下手さ [noun-from-adj], したでさ [noun-from-adj], shitadesa [noun-from-adj]
  1. humble
    Sense id: en-下手-ja-adj-hR0~z5~m
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [he̞ta̠] Forms: 下手 [canonical] (ruby: 下手(へた)), heta [romanization]
Etymology: Probably a semantic shift from 端 (heta, “edge of something”), referring metaphorically to the edge of one's abilities or knowledge. The kanji spelling appears to be an instance of jukujikun (熟字訓). Etymology templates: {{m|ja|端||edge of something|tr=heta}} 端 (heta, “edge of something”), {{m|ja|熟字訓}} 熟字訓, {{juku|sort=へた}} jukujikun (熟字訓) Head templates: {{ja-noun|へた}} 下手(へた) • (heta)
  1. a mistake, a poor result, a screwup
    Sense id: en-下手-ja-noun--gRNWO-L
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ɕi̥ta̠te̞], [ɕi̥ta̠de̞] Forms: 下手 [canonical] (ruby: (した), ()), shitate [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 下 (shita, “down; under; lower”) + 手 (te, “hand”). Occasionally encountered with rendaku (連濁), where the -te ending changes to -de. Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|下|手|sort=したて|t1=down; under; lower|t2=hand|tr1=shita|tr2=te}} 下 (shita, “down; under; lower”) + 手 (te, “hand”), {{m|ja|連濁}} 連濁, {{sortkey|ja|下手}} へた, {{ja-rendaku|sort=したで}} rendaku (連濁) Head templates: {{ja-noun|したて}} 下(した)手(て) • (shitate)
  1. the lower part, especially downstream or downwind Synonyms: 下手
    Sense id: en-下手-ja-noun-6lY5BXqe Categories (other): Japanese terms with rendaku Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 0 11 40 49
  2. someone at a disadvantage or lower relative to another person, in terms of rank or ability
    Sense id: en-下手-ja-noun-65oIDoMp Categories (other): Japanese terms with rendaku Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 0 11 40 49
  3. (sumo) an underhand or lower hand hold, in which the wrestler's hand or arm is underneath or on the inside of the opponent's hand or arm Categories (topical): Sumo
    Sense id: en-下手-ja-noun-beyqEO8s Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with rendaku, Pages using bad params when calling Template:ja-rendaku Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 0 11 40 49 Disambiguation of Pages using bad params when calling Template:ja-rendaku: 0 34 23 43 Topics: government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, sumo, war, wrestling
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 下手投げ: an underhand throw (shitate nage) (ruby: (した), (), ()) [baseball, ball-games, games, sports, hobbies, lifestyle, sumo, wrestling, martial-arts, sports, military, war, government, politics, hobbies, lifestyle], 下手に出る (shitade ni deru) (ruby: (した), (), ()) (english: to act humble)
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [ɕimo̞te̞] Forms: 下手 [canonical] (ruby: (しも), ()), shimote [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 下 (shimo, “lower”) + 手 (te, “hand”). Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|下|手|sort=しもて|t1=lower|t2=hand|tr1=shimo|tr2=te}} 下 (shimo, “lower”) + 手 (te, “hand”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|しもて}} 下(しも)手(て) • (shimote)
  1. downstream; the lower portion of a slope
    Sense id: en-下手-ja-noun-h8IPf1Tr
  2. (theater) downstage, specifically the left side of the stage as viewed from the audience Categories (topical): Theater
    Sense id: en-下手-ja-noun-5UreNdlX Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: [kɯ̟ᵝda̠ɾʲite̞] Forms: 下手 [canonical] (ruby: (くだり), ()), kudarite [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 下り (kudari, “descending”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 下る (kudaru, “to descend, to go down”)) + 手 (te, “hand; side, direction”). Etymology templates: {{m|ja|連用形||continuative or stem form|tr=ren'yōkei}} 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”), {{m|ja|下る||to descend, to go down|tr=kudaru}} 下る (kudaru, “to descend, to go down”), {{compound|ja|下り|手|pos1=the <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">連用形</i> (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">下る</i> (kudaru, “to descend, to go down”)|sort=くだりて|t1=descending|t2=hand; side, direction|tr1=kudari|tr2=te}} 下り (kudari, “descending”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 下る (kudaru, “to descend, to go down”)) + 手 (te, “hand; side, direction”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|くだりて}} 下(くだり)手(て) • (kudarite)
  1. (uncommon) cheap, low-quality goods Tags: uncommon Synonyms: 安物
    Sense id: en-下手-ja-noun-XG1sEQ2G Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Noun

IPA: [ɡe̞ɕɨᵝ] Forms: 下手 [canonical] (ruby: (), (しゅ)), geshu [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 下手 (MC haeX|haeH syuwX). Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|ltc|-|sort=けしゅ'}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|下手}} 下手 (MC haeX|haeH syuwX) Head templates: {{ja-noun|げしゅ}} 下(げ)手(しゅ) • (geshu)
  1. (uncommon) someone of low status or rank Tags: uncommon
    Sense id: en-下手-ja-noun-LeAwsa2L Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5

Verb

IPA: [he̞ta̠]
Etymology: Probably a semantic shift from 端 (heta, “edge of something”), referring metaphorically to the edge of one's abilities or knowledge. The kanji spelling appears to be an instance of jukujikun (熟字訓). Etymology templates: {{m|ja|端||edge of something|tr=heta}} 端 (heta, “edge of something”), {{m|ja|熟字訓}} 熟字訓, {{juku|sort=へた}} jukujikun (熟字訓) Forms: 下手する [canonical] (ruby: 下手(へた)), heta suru [romanization], 下手し [stem] (ruby: 下手(へた)), 下手した [past] (ruby: 下手(へた)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 下手し [error-unrecognized-form], へたし [error-unrecognized-form], heta shi [error-unrecognized-form], 下手する [error-unrecognized-form], へたする [error-unrecognized-form], heta suru [error-unrecognized-form], 下手すれ [error-unrecognized-form], へたすれ [error-unrecognized-form], heta sure [error-unrecognized-form], 下手せよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 下手しろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], へたせよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], へたしろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], heta seyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], heta shiro [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 下手される [passive], へたされる [passive], heta sareru [passive], 下手させる [causative], 下手さす [causative], へたさせる [causative], へたさす [causative], heta saseru [causative], heta sasu [causative], 下手できる [potential], へたできる [potential], heta dekiru [potential], 下手しよう [volitional], へたしよう [volitional], heta shiyō [volitional], 下手しない [negative], へたしない [negative], heta shinai [negative], 下手せず [continuative, negative], へたせず [continuative, negative], heta sezu [continuative, negative], 下手します [formal], へたします [formal], heta shimasu [formal], 下手した [perfective], へたした [perfective], heta shita [perfective], 下手して [conjunctive], へたして [conjunctive], heta shite [conjunctive], 下手すれば [conditional, hypothetical], へたすれば [conditional, hypothetical], heta sureba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to make a mistake, to screw up
    Sense id: en-下手-ja-verb-V8x-MiwN Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese verbs without transitivity Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 0 0 4 3 2 15 5 7 17 5 33 5 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 1 3 1 1 3 2 3 13 4 10 17 7 28 6 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 2 5 1 1 4 3 12 12 5 6 14 3 28 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 1 3 1 0 3 2 5 14 5 10 16 6 28 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 1 3 1 0 3 2 5 13 5 11 17 7 26 6 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 3 9 2 8 78 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 1 8 2 1 8 5 7 8 11 10 12 2 16 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: [ɡe̞ɕɨᵝ]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 下手 (MC haeX|haeH syuwX). Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|ltc|-|sort=けしゅ'}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|下手}} 下手 (MC haeX|haeH syuwX) Forms: 下手する [canonical] (ruby: (), (しゅ)), geshu suru [romanization], 下手し [stem] (ruby: (), (しゅ)), 下手した [past] (ruby: (), (しゅ)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 下手し [error-unrecognized-form], げしゅし [error-unrecognized-form], geshu shi [error-unrecognized-form], 下手する [error-unrecognized-form], げしゅする [error-unrecognized-form], geshu suru [error-unrecognized-form], 下手すれ [error-unrecognized-form], げしゅすれ [error-unrecognized-form], geshu sure [error-unrecognized-form], 下手せよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 下手しろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], げしゅせよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], げしゅしろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], geshu seyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], geshu shiro [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 下手される [passive], げしゅされる [passive], geshu sareru [passive], 下手させる [causative], 下手さす [causative], げしゅさせる [causative], げしゅさす [causative], geshu saseru [causative], geshu sasu [causative], 下手できる [potential], げしゅできる [potential], geshu dekiru [potential], 下手しよう [volitional], げしゅしよう [volitional], geshu shiyō [volitional], 下手しない [negative], げしゅしない [negative], geshu shinai [negative], 下手せず [continuative, negative], げしゅせず [continuative, negative], geshu sezu [continuative, negative], 下手します [formal], げしゅします [formal], geshu shimasu [formal], 下手した [perfective], げしゅした [perfective], geshu shita [perfective], 下手して [conjunctive], げしゅして [conjunctive], geshu shite [conjunctive], 下手すれば [conditional, hypothetical], げしゅすれば [conditional, hypothetical], geshu sureba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. (uncommon) to lower one's hand onto something, to set one's hand onto something Tags: uncommon
    Sense id: en-下手-ja-verb-ZUOTuPK7 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5

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        "3": "",
        "4": "edge of something",
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      "form": "下手",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "下手",
          "へた"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "heta",
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    },
    {
      "form": "下手な",
      "roman": "heta na",
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          "下手",
          "へた"
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    },
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    },
    {
      "form": "下手だろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へただろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta daro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "へたで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手だ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へただ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta da",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手な",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたな",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手なら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta nara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手であれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta de are",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手ではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手じゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta de wa nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手だった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へただった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手ではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手じゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手です",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手ではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手じゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手でした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手ではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手じゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手なら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手だったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へただったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手だろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へただろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "へた",
        "infl": "na"
      },
      "expansion": "下手(へた) • (heta) -na (adnominal 下手(へた)な (heta na), adverbial 下手(へた)に (heta ni))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": ". に",
        "attributive": ". な",
        "conditional": ". なら(ば)",
        "conjunctive": ". で",
        "continuative": ". で",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
        "formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
        "formal_past": ". でした",
        "hypothetical": ". なら",
        "imperative": ". で あれ",
        "imperfective": ". だろ",
        "informal_negative": ". で は ない",
        "informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
        "informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
        "informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
        "informal_past": ". だった",
        "kana": "へた",
        "lemma": "下手",
        "provisional": ". だったら",
        "terminal": ". だ",
        "volitional": ". だろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "unskilled, bad at, poor at, weak at, incompetent"
      ],
      "id": "en-下手-ja-adj-9fLZBpvl",
      "links": [
        [
          "unskilled",
          "unskilled"
        ],
        [
          "bad",
          "bad"
        ],
        [
          "poor",
          "poor"
        ],
        [
          "weak",
          "weak"
        ],
        [
          "incompetent",
          "incompetent"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "superficial, halfhearted, half-assed, careless"
      ],
      "id": "en-下手-ja-adj-kYrKpyl0",
      "links": [
        [
          "superficial",
          "superficial"
        ],
        [
          "halfhearted",
          "halfhearted"
        ],
        [
          "half-assed",
          "half-assed"
        ],
        [
          "careless",
          "careless"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "smaller or lesser in degree"
      ],
      "id": "en-下手-ja-adj-0QP~Tfk6",
      "links": [
        [
          "smaller",
          "smaller"
        ],
        [
          "lesser",
          "lesser"
        ],
        [
          "degree",
          "degree"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "へた"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[he̞ta̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "下手"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "端",
        "3": "",
        "4": "edge of something",
        "tr": "heta"
      },
      "expansion": "端 (heta, “edge of something”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "熟字訓"
      },
      "expansion": "熟字訓",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "sort": "へた"
      },
      "expansion": "jukujikun (熟字訓)",
      "name": "juku"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably a semantic shift from 端 (heta, “edge of something”), referring metaphorically to the edge of one's abilities or knowledge.\nThe kanji spelling appears to be an instance of jukujikun (熟字訓).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "下手",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "下手",
          "へた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "へた"
      },
      "expansion": "下手(へた) • (heta)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Well, you really made a mistake right when it was important.",
          "roman": "Daiji na tokoro de heta o yatta na.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "大",
              "だい"
            ],
            [
              "事",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "所",
              "ところ"
            ],
            [
              "下手",
              "へた"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "大事な所で下手をやったな。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a mistake, a poor result, a screwup"
      ],
      "id": "en-下手-ja-noun--gRNWO-L",
      "links": [
        [
          "mistake",
          "mistake"
        ],
        [
          "poor",
          "poor"
        ],
        [
          "result",
          "result"
        ],
        [
          "screwup",
          "screwup"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "へた"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[he̞ta̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "下手"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "jōzu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "上",
          "じょう"
        ],
        [
          "手",
          "ず"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "上手"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "端",
        "3": "",
        "4": "edge of something",
        "tr": "heta"
      },
      "expansion": "端 (heta, “edge of something”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "熟字訓"
      },
      "expansion": "熟字訓",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "sort": "へた"
      },
      "expansion": "jukujikun (熟字訓)",
      "name": "juku"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably a semantic shift from 端 (heta, “edge of something”), referring metaphorically to the edge of one's abilities or knowledge.\nThe kanji spelling appears to be an instance of jukujikun (熟字訓).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "下手する",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "下手",
          "へた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta suru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手し",
      "roman": "heta shi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "下手",
          "へた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手した",
      "roman": "heta shita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "下手",
          "へた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手し",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta shi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手する",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたする",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手すれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta sure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手せよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手しろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたせよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたしろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta seyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta shiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手される",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta sareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手させる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手さす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta saseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta sasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手できる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたできる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta dekiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手しよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたしよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta shiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手しない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta shinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手せず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたせず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta sezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手します",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta shimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手した",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta shita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手して",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta shite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手すれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta sureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 2 0 0 4 3 2 15 5 7 17 5 33 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 3 1 1 3 2 3 13 4 10 17 7 28 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 5 1 1 4 3 12 12 5 6 14 3 28 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 3 1 0 3 2 5 14 5 10 16 6 28 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 3 1 0 3 2 5 13 5 11 17 7 26 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 9 2 8 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 8 2 1 8 5 7 8 11 10 12 2 16 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to make a mistake, to screw up"
      ],
      "id": "en-下手-ja-verb-V8x-MiwN",
      "links": [
        [
          "mistake",
          "mistake"
        ],
        [
          "screw up",
          "screw up"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "へた"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[he̞ta̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "下手"
}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "下",
        "3": "手",
        "sort": "したて",
        "t1": "down; under; lower",
        "t2": "hand",
        "tr1": "shita",
        "tr2": "te"
      },
      "expansion": "下 (shita, “down; under; lower”) + 手 (te, “hand”)",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "連濁"
      },
      "expansion": "連濁",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "下手"
      },
      "expansion": "へた",
      "name": "sortkey"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "sort": "したで"
      },
      "expansion": "rendaku (連濁)",
      "name": "ja-rendaku"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compound of 下 (shita, “down; under; lower”) + 手 (te, “hand”).\nOccasionally encountered with rendaku (連濁), where the -te ending changes to -de.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "下手",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "下手",
          "したで"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手な",
      "roman": "shitade na",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "下手",
          "したで"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手に",
      "roman": "shitade ni",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "下手",
          "したで"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手だろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでだろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade daro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手だ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでだ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade da",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手な",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでな",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手なら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade nara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手であれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade de are",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手ではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手じゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade de wa nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手だった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手ではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手じゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手です",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手ではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手じゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手でした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したででした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手ではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手じゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手なら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手だったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手だろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitadesa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "したで",
        "infl": "na"
      },
      "expansion": "下手(したで) • (shitade) -na (adnominal 下手(したで)な (shitade na), adverbial 下手(したで)に (shitade ni))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": ". に",
        "attributive": ". な",
        "conditional": ". なら(ば)",
        "conjunctive": ". で",
        "continuative": ". で",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
        "formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
        "formal_past": ". でした",
        "hypothetical": ". なら",
        "imperative": ". で あれ",
        "imperfective": ". だろ",
        "informal_negative": ". で は ない",
        "informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
        "informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
        "informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
        "informal_past": ". だった",
        "kana": "したで",
        "lemma": "下手",
        "provisional": ". だったら",
        "terminal": ". だ",
        "volitional": ". だろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "humble"
      ],
      "id": "en-下手-ja-adj-hR0~z5~m",
      "links": [
        [
          "humble",
          "humble"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "したて"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕi̥ta̠te̞]"
    },
    {
      "other": "したで"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕi̥ta̠de̞]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijisen",
    "Shogakukan",
    "Tōkyō",
    "ja:大辞林",
    "ja:大辞泉",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
  "word": "下手"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "shitate nage",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "下",
          "した"
        ],
        [
          "手",
          "て"
        ],
        [
          "投",
          "な"
        ]
      ],
      "topics": [
        "baseball",
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "sports",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sumo",
        "wrestling",
        "martial-arts",
        "sports",
        "military",
        "war",
        "government",
        "politics",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "下手投げ: an underhand throw"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "to act humble",
      "roman": "shitade ni deru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "下",
          "した"
        ],
        [
          "手",
          "で"
        ],
        [
          "出",
          "で"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "下手に出る"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "下",
        "3": "手",
        "sort": "したて",
        "t1": "down; under; lower",
        "t2": "hand",
        "tr1": "shita",
        "tr2": "te"
      },
      "expansion": "下 (shita, “down; under; lower”) + 手 (te, “hand”)",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "連濁"
      },
      "expansion": "連濁",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "下手"
      },
      "expansion": "へた",
      "name": "sortkey"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "sort": "したで"
      },
      "expansion": "rendaku (連濁)",
      "name": "ja-rendaku"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compound of 下 (shita, “down; under; lower”) + 手 (te, “hand”).\nOccasionally encountered with rendaku (連濁), where the -te ending changes to -de.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "下手",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "下",
          "した"
        ],
        [
          "手",
          "て"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitate",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "したて"
      },
      "expansion": "下(した)手(て) • (shitate)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "上手"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 11 40 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with rendaku",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the lower part, especially downstream or downwind"
      ],
      "id": "en-下手-ja-noun-6lY5BXqe",
      "links": [
        [
          "lower",
          "lower"
        ],
        [
          "downstream",
          "downstream"
        ],
        [
          "downwind",
          "downwind"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "下手"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "上手"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 11 40 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with rendaku",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "someone at a disadvantage or lower relative to another person, in terms of rank or ability"
      ],
      "id": "en-下手-ja-noun-65oIDoMp",
      "links": [
        [
          "disadvantage",
          "disadvantage"
        ],
        [
          "lower",
          "lower"
        ],
        [
          "rank",
          "rank"
        ],
        [
          "ability",
          "ability"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "上手"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Sumo",
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          "下手",
          "へた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手な",
      "roman": "heta na",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "下手",
          "へた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手に",
      "roman": "heta ni",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "下手",
          "へた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手だろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へただろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta daro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手だ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へただ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta da",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手な",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたな",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手なら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta nara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手であれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta de are",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手ではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手じゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta de wa nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手だった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へただった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手ではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手じゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手です",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手ではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手じゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手でした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手ではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手じゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手なら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手だったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へただったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手だろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へただろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetasa",
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      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
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        "infl": "na"
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      "expansion": "下手(へた) • (heta) -na (adnominal 下手(へた)な (heta na), adverbial 下手(へた)に (heta ni))",
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    }
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        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
        "formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
        "formal_past": ". でした",
        "hypothetical": ". なら",
        "imperative": ". で あれ",
        "imperfective": ". だろ",
        "informal_negative": ". で は ない",
        "informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
        "informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
        "informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
        "informal_past": ". だった",
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  ],
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  "pos": "adj",
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      "glosses": [
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      ],
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        [
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          "bad",
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        ],
        [
          "poor",
          "poor"
        ],
        [
          "weak",
          "weak"
        ],
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        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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        [
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          "superficial"
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        [
          "halfhearted",
          "halfhearted"
        ],
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          "half-assed",
          "half-assed"
        ],
        [
          "careless",
          "careless"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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        [
          "smaller",
          "smaller"
        ],
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        ],
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        ]
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "other": "へた"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[he̞ta̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "下手"
}

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      "ipa": "[he̞ta̠]"
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    {
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      "form": "heta suru",
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      "form": "下手した",
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "form": "ja-suru",
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    {
      "form": "下手し",
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      "form": "へたし",
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    {
      "form": "heta shi",
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      "form": "下手する",
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      "form": "へたする",
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      "form": "heta suru",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "下手すれ",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "へたすれ",
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    },
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      "form": "heta sure",
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      "form": "下手せよ",
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    },
    {
      "form": "下手される",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta sareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手させる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手さす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta saseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta sasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手できる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたできる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta dekiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手しよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたしよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta shiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手しない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta shinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手せず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたせず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta sezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手します",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta shimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手した",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta shita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手して",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta shite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手すれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へたすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta sureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "to make a mistake, to screw up"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mistake",
          "mistake"
        ],
        [
          "screw up",
          "screw up"
        ]
      ]
    }
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    {
      "other": "へた"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[he̞ta̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "下手"
}

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        "tr2": "te"
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        "1": "ja",
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        "1": "ja",
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      "ruby": [
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          "下手",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "form": "shitade",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "下手な",
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      "ruby": [
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          "下手",
          "したで"
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "下手に",
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          "したで"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "下手だろ",
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      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "したでだろ",
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      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade daro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手だ",
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      "tags": [
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        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでだ",
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      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade da",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手な",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでな",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手なら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade nara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手であれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade de are",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手ではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手じゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade de wa nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手だった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手ではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手じゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手です",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手ではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手じゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手でした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したででした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手ではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手じゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手なら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手だったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手だろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitade ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "下手さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "したでさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitadesa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "したで",
        "infl": "na"
      },
      "expansion": "下手(したで) • (shitade) -na (adnominal 下手(したで)な (shitade na), adverbial 下手(したで)に (shitade ni))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": ". に",
        "attributive": ". な",
        "conditional": ". なら(ば)",
        "conjunctive": ". で",
        "continuative": ". で",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
        "formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
        "formal_past": ". でした",
        "hypothetical": ". なら",
        "imperative": ". で あれ",
        "imperfective": ". だろ",
        "informal_negative": ". で は ない",
        "informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
        "informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
        "informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
        "informal_past": ". だった",
        "kana": "したで",
        "lemma": "下手",
        "provisional": ". だったら",
        "terminal": ". だ",
        "volitional": ". だろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "humble"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humble",
          "humble"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "したて"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕi̥ta̠te̞]"
    },
    {
      "other": "したで"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕi̥ta̠de̞]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijisen",
    "Shogakukan",
    "Tōkyō",
    "ja:大辞林",
    "ja:大辞泉",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
  "word": "下手"
}

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    {
      "roman": "shitate nage",
      "ruby": [
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          "下",
          "した"
        ],
        [
          "手",
          "て"
        ],
        [
          "投",
          "な"
        ]
      ],
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        "baseball",
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "sports",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sumo",
        "wrestling",
        "martial-arts",
        "sports",
        "military",
        "war",
        "government",
        "politics",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "下手投げ: an underhand throw"
    },
    {
      "english": "to act humble",
      "roman": "shitade ni deru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "下",
          "した"
        ],
        [
          "手",
          "で"
        ],
        [
          "出",
          "で"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "下手に出る"
    }
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      "expansion": "下 (shita, “down; under; lower”) + 手 (te, “hand”)",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
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      "form": "geshu sureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with uncommon senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to lower one's hand onto something, to set one's hand onto something"
      ],
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        [
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          "lower"
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        [
          "hand",
          "hand"
        ],
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          "set"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncommon) to lower one's hand onto something, to set one's hand onto something"
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      "tags": [
        "uncommon"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "[ɡe̞ɕɨᵝ]"
    }
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}
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.