adjectival noun / noun:

• unskillful; poor; awkward Antonym: 上手【じょうず】
• imprudent; untactful

noun:

• calyx - Botany term

noun:

• operculum (of a shellfish) - Zoology term

adjectival noun / noun:

• shitty; clumsy; poor; awkward - derogatory term

~の noun / adjectival noun / noun:

• at first glance poor, but on closer examination not too bad; crude but charming (of artwork, etc.); poorly made but captivating

expression:

• even the unskilled can succeed by a fluke given enough tries; even a poor marksman will hit the target with enough shots [literal] - proverb ➜ 下手な鉄砲も数撃ちゃ当たる

adverb / ~と adverb:

• falling down; lacking the energy to stand; collapsing - onomatopoeia

expression:

• It's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; They to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; Poor thinking is futile; Inadequate ideas are worse than none at all - proverb ➜ 下手の考え休むに似たり

expression:

• even the unskilled can succeed by a fluke given enough tries; even a poor marksman will hit the target with enough shots [literal] - proverb ➜ 下手な鉄砲も数撃てば当たる

expression:

• failed - slang ➜ 失敗

expression:

• if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well

expression:

• if one is unlucky; if one is careless ➜ 下手すると

expression:

• It's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; They to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; Poor thinking is futile; Inadequate ideas are worse than none at all - proverb ➜ 下手な考え休むに似たり

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be exhausted; to be worn out

expression:

• poor speakers make long speeches; brevity is the soul of wit - proverb

expression:

• if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well

expression / noun:

• loving something but being very bad at it - idiom

godan ~む verb:

• to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor

adjectival noun:

• crummy; poor - colloquialism ➜ 下手【へた】

godan ~る verb:

• to fall on one's backside; to be exhausted; to lose strength; to lose one's abilities ➜ へたばる・尻餅

noun / adjectival noun:

• incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; weakness - colloquialism

noun:

• good-for-nothing; loser; weakling