Word Meaning お粗末

おそまつ osomatsu

お粗末 is read as おそまつ (osomatsu) and means poor.

Meaning

English

  1. poor
  2. lame
  3. ill-prepared

Reading

Kana

おそまつ

Romaji

osomatsu

Writing Variants

  • 御粗末 おそまつ osomatsu

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 127224 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

お粗末様でした

おそまつさまでした

apologies for the crude food

粗末

そまつ

crude

粗末に扱う

そまつにあつかう

to handle (a thing) roughly

粗末なお菜

そまつなおさい

poor side dish

結末

けつまつ

end

世紀末

せいきまつ

end of a century (esp. 19th)

幕末

ばくまつ

Bakumatsu period

端末

たんまつ

end (e.g. of a roll of film)

問合せ端末

といあわせたんまつ

inquiry station

データ入力端末

でーたにゅうりょくたんまつ

data input station

無人端末

むじんたんまつ

unmanned, automated terminal

Example Sentences

1

We complained about the poor service.