JLPT N5 vocabulary
下手: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
へた2Odaka · falls after
na-adjective
Meaning
- unskillful, poor, awkward
- imprudent, tactless

Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present普通形 | 下手 | 下手 |
| Plain past過去形 | 下手 | 下手 |
| Polite presentです形 | 下手 | 下手 |
| Polite pastでした形 | 下手 | 下手 |
| Te-formて形 | 下手 | 下手 |
| Modifying | ||
| Before a noun連体形 | 下手 | —not in common use |
| As an adverb連用形 | 下手 | —not in common use |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 下手 | 下手 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 下手 | 下手 |