"下手をすると" meaning in Japanese

See 下手をすると in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

Forms: 下手をすると [canonical] (ruby: 下手(へた)), heta o suru to [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-phrase|へた を する と|head=下手をすると}} 下手(へた)をすると • (heta o suru to)
  1. if done badly
    Sense id: en-下手をすると-ja-phrase-hw-9etRh Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 47 53 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 38 62 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 44 56 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 85
  2. perhaps Synonyms (perhaps): ひょっとすると (hyotto suru to)
    Sense id: en-下手をすると-ja-phrase-G6LrsnXo Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 47 53 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 38 62 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 44 56 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 61 Disambiguation of 'perhaps': 1 99
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    {
      "form": "下手をすると",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "下手",
          "へた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta o suru to",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "へた を する と",
        "head": "下手をすると"
      },
      "expansion": "下手(へた)をすると • (heta o suru to)",
      "name": "ja-phrase"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 62",
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          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 56",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
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        },
        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "if done badly"
      ],
      "id": "en-下手をすると-ja-phrase-hw-9etRh",
      "links": [
        [
          "badly",
          "badly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 62",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 85",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "perhaps"
      ],
      "id": "en-下手をすると-ja-phrase-G6LrsnXo",
      "links": [
        [
          "perhaps",
          "perhaps"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "roman": "hyotto suru to",
          "sense": "perhaps",
          "word": "ひょっとすると"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "下手をすると"
}
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    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese phrases",
    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with を",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "下手をすると",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "下手",
          "へた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heta o suru to",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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      },
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      "name": "ja-phrase"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
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  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "if done badly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "badly",
          "badly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "perhaps"
      ],
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        [
          "perhaps",
          "perhaps"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "hyotto suru to",
      "sense": "perhaps",
      "word": "ひょっとすると"
    }
  ],
  "word": "下手をすると"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 下手をすると meaning in Japanese (1.1kB)

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