Word Meaning 下手の横好き

へたのよこずき heta no yokozuki

下手の横好き is read as へたのよこずき (heta no yokozuki) and means loving something but being very bad at it.

Meaning

English

loving something but being very bad at it

Reading

Kana

へたのよこずき

Romaji

heta no yokozuki

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 33 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Proverb ✓ Rank 78552 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

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下手投げ

したてなげ

underarm throw

横好き

よこずき

being very enthusiastic about something but not being good at it

下手

したて

underarm grip on opponent's belt

下手

へた

imprudent

下手くそ

へたくそ

unskilled

下手の長談義

へたのながだんぎ

poor speakers make long speeches

派手好き

はでずき

flamboyant

横手

よこて

feature of a sword blade

好選手

こうせんしゅ

strong or skillful person

好きこそものの上手なれ

すきこそもののじょうずなれ

what one likes, one will do well

好手

こうしゅ

expert

好き勝手

すきかって

doing whatever one pleases

Example Sentences

私のテニスは下手の横好きだ。

I like playing tennis, though I'm not very good at it.

下手の横好きで撮影している写真を日記とともに紹介しています。

I'm introducing some pictures I took, dabbling in photography, along with my diary.