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下手の横好き
へたの横好き
Readings
へたのよこずき
hetanoyokozuki
English
Expression
Noun (futsuumeishi)
Idiomatic expression
loving something but being very bad at it

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Kanjis
ON: カ, ゲ KUN: した, しも, もと, さ.げる, さ.がる, くだ.る, くだ.り, くだ.す, -くだ.す, くだ.さる, お.ろす, お.りる
below, down, descend, give, low, inferior

Stroke: 3 Grade: 1 JLPT: N4 SKIP: 4-3-1 FC: 1023.3


ON: シュ, ズ KUN: て, て-, -て, た-
hand

Stroke: 4 Grade: 1 JLPT: N4 SKIP: 4-4-3 FC: 2050.0


ON: オウ KUN: よこ
sideways, side, horizontal, width, woof, unreasonable, perverse

Stroke: 15 Grade: 3 JLPT: N2 SKIP: 1-4-11 FC: 4498.8


ON: コウ KUN: この.む, す.く, よ.い, い.い
fond, pleasing, like something

Stroke: 6 Grade: 4 JLPT: N3 SKIP: 1-3-3 FC: 4744.4


Phrases
私のテニスは下手の横好きだ。
Parts: (わたし) テニス 下手の横好き (へたのよこずき)
I like playing tennis, though I'm not very good at it.