► 成句
下手 [(2)へた] [下手をすると] meaning: wrong rank: 2
☆ この病気は下手をすると死ぬことも有る ⇨ In the worst case you can die from this disease
☆ 下手をすると大変な事になりかねない ⇨ If you get it wrong it can be catastrophic
► 名詞
下手 [(2)へた] [下手する] [coll] meaning: wrong rank: 1
☆ 下手すると大変なことになる ⇨ If things go wrong it will be a major problem
下手 [したて] [下手に出る] meaning: humble rank: 2
☆ 下手に出てりゃいい気になりやがって ⇨ I was just being polite and acting humble, and now you are so arrogant
► 形容動詞
下手 [(2)へた] meaning: skill rank: 1
☆ 彼女は下手な歌手より歌が旨い ⇨ She can sing better than bad pro singers
☆ 私はお世辞を言うのが下手だ ⇨ I am not good at flattering someone
下手 [(2)へた] [coll] meaning: wrong rank: 1
☆ あの暴力団は強力で警察も下手に手を出せない ⇨ The gang is very powerful and even the police cannot make mistakes with them
☆ この部品は下手に力を入れ過ぎると簡単に壊れてしまう ⇨ This part will be easily damaged if you use too much force on it
More examples:
- 彼女は歌が下手くそだ ⇨ She is really bad at singing
- こっちが下手に出てたら付け上がりやがって ⇨ You’re acting arrogantly just because I was acting humbly
- 下手な歌でも御愛嬌で ⇨ Allow me to sing, I’m not a good singer, but can be entertaining
- 彼は相手の女性に腰の使い方が下手と言われた ⇨ He was told by a woman that he was not using his hip right
- 下手な芝居をするな ⇨ Don’t put on a bad act
- 彼のゴルフは正に下手の横好きだ ⇨ H loves golf even though he is very bad at it
- 彼は恐ろしく演技が下手だ ⇨ He is horrible at acting