へたうま

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Japanese

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Alternative spelling
下手上手
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Etymology

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From ()() (heta, unskilled) + ()() (umai, skillful).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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へたうま or ヘタウマ or ヘタうま (hetauma-na (adnominal へたうま (hetauma na), adverbial へたうま (hetauma ni))

  1. bad yet good; simultaneously poorly done and well done; so bad it's good
    • 2014 January 10, “Kātan-shi to manejimento gyōmu teikei itashimashita [Management partnership with Katan]”, in Yoshida Masaki[1]:
      C(シー)A(エー)()(だい)は、バブルを(おう)()する(かたわ)ら、(とく)()下手(へた)上手(うま)なイラストで(にち)(じょう)(つづ)った()(さく)(しん)(ぶん)(どう)(りょう)(たち)(くば)(にん)()(はく)す。
      Shīē jidai wa, baburu o ōka suru katawara, tokui no hetauma na irasuto de nichijō o tsuzutta jisaku no shinbun o dōryōtachi ni kubari ninki o hakusu.
      During her time as a flight attendant, besides enjoying the bubble, she became known for putting together a wonderfully heta-uma illustrated chronicle of daily life that was extremely popular among her co-workers.

Inflection

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Noun

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へたうま or ヘタウマ or ヘタうま (hetauma

  1. good badness, something that seems simultaneously poorly done and well done
    下手(へた)上手(うま)のボーカル
    hetauma no bōkaru
    good-bad vocals; crude but affecting singing
    • 2015, Hagiwara Shogo, “Dominic Wilcox, UK”, in Wired, volume 15, page 40:
      イギリス(しゅっ)(しん)(わか)きデザイナー、ドミニク・ウィルコックスによる、この“ヘタうまイラスト(ぼん)”が(えが)()す、オルタナティヴな()()(かく)(ちょう)するデザインの()(らい)
      Igirisu shusshin no wakaki dezainā, Dominiku Wirukokkusu ni yoru, kono “hetauma irasuto-bon” ga egakidasu, orutanativu na shiza to kakuchō suru dezain no mirai.
      A young designer from the UK, Dominic Wilcox’s “heta-uma illustration book” shows an alternative outlook for a new design future.
  2. relative skill level, high and low skill
    • 2012, Natsumi Takenaka, Idol Dance!!![2]:
      下手(へた)上手(うま)(なら)()()もハッキリしていますが、それはメンバーが(あつ)まってから()めたんですか?
      Hetauma no narabi ichi mo hakkiri shite imasu ga, sore wa menbā ga atsumatte kara kimeta n desu ka?
      They are also clearly positioned in terms of high/low skill, so is that decided once the members are all gathered?
  3. ヘタウマ: a Japanese underground manga movement in the 1970s featuring crude drawing
    • 2017 April 21, “Nihon no 'hetauma' bunka o han'ei shita wadai no Bei anime eiga to wa [American animated film that reflects Japan's 'heta-uma' culture]”, in Cinema Today[3]:
      ヘタウマ(だい)(ひょう)(あい)(しょう)キング・テリーこと()(むら)(てる)(ひこ)だろう。(かれ)(てん)(けい)(てき)なイラストレーションのスタイルを(くつがえ)そうとした。
      Hetauma no daihyō wa aishō Kingu Terī koto Yumura Teruhiko darō. Kare wa tenkeiteki na irasutorēshon no sutairu o kutsugaesō to shita.
      Representative of heta-uma is Teruhiko Yumura, nicknamed King Terry. He tried to overturn the typical illustration style.

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN