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拙

拙 (bungling, clumsy, unskillful)

  • JLPT N1
  • 8 strokes
  • Secondary (Jōyō)
  • Radical 手
  • #1938 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi 音読み
セツ
Kun'yomi 訓読み
つたな.い

Example words & Vocabulary

拙いつたない
(1) poor-quality; shoddy; crude (2) unskillful; inexpert; maladroit; inept; foolish; clumsy (3) unlucky

Example sentences 3

-包丁や和裁や剃刀(和剃刀)または、大工なども研ぐ技術が拙い者(つたないもの)や高価な刃物などは砥ぎ師を利用した。

People unskilled in sharpening techniques for kitchen knives, Japanese sewing, razors (Japanese razors), carpentry tools and the like, as well as owners of expensive blades, used professional sharpeners.

君のメールは巧拙を見て取るには短すぎるな。

I can't check to see if your email is correct or not because it's too short.

さあ、それが拙者にはどうもわからなくなったんだ。

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