# へたうま
## Japanese

* Alternative spelling
* 下手上手

### Etymology

From 下(へ)手(た) (heta, “unskilled”) + 上(う)手(ま)い (umai, “skillful”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) へたうま [hètáúmá] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [he̞ta̠ɯ̟ma̠]

### Adjective

へたうま or ヘタウマ or ヘタうま • (hetauma) -na (adnominal へたうまな (hetauma na), adverbial へたうまに (hetauma ni))
* 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:
    C(シー)A(エー)時(じ)代(だい)は、バブルを謳(おう)歌(か)する傍(かたわ)ら、得(とく)意(い)の下手(へた)上手(うま)なイラストで日(にち)常(じょう)を綴(つづ)った自(じ)作(さく)の新(しん)聞(ぶん)を同(どう)僚(りょう)達(たち)に配(くば)り人(にん)気(き)を博(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

Stem forms :
| Imperfective (未然形) | へたうまだろ | hetauma daro |
| Continuative (連用形) | へたうまで | hetauma de |
| Terminal (終止形) | へたうまだ | hetauma da |
| Attributive (連体形) | へたうまな | hetauma na |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | へたうまなら | hetauma nara |
| Imperative (命令形) | へたうまであれ | hetauma de are |
| Key constructions ||||
| Informal negative | へたうまではない へたうまじゃない | hetauma de wa nai hetauma ja nai |
| Informal past | へたうまだった | hetauma datta |
| Informal negative past | へたうまではなかった へたうまじゃなかった | hetauma de wa nakatta hetauma ja nakatta |
| Formal | へたうまです | hetauma desu |
| Formal negative | へたうまではありません へたうまじゃありません | hetauma de wa arimasen hetauma ja arimasen |
| Formal past | へたうまでした | hetauma deshita |
| Formal negative past | へたうまではありませんでした へたうまじゃありませんでした | hetauma de wa arimasen deshita hetauma ja arimasen deshita |
| Conjunctive | へたうまで | hetauma de |
| Conditional | へたうまなら（ば） | hetauma nara (ba) |
| Provisional | へたうまだったら | hetauma dattara |
| Volitional | へたうまだろう | hetauma darō |
| Adverbial | へたうまに | hetauma ni |
| Degree | へたうまさ | hetaumasa |

### Noun

へたうま or ヘタウマ or ヘタうま • (hetauma)
* 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:
    イギリス出(しゅっ)身(しん)の若(わか)きデザイナー、ドミニク・ウィルコックスによる、この“ヘタうまイラスト本(ぼん)”が描(えが)き出(だ)す、オルタナティヴな視(し)座(ざ)と拡(かく)張(ちょう)するデザインの未(み)来(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.
* relative skill level, high and low skill
** 2012, Natsumi Takenaka, Idol Dance!!!‎:
    下手(へた)上手(うま)の並(なら)び位(い)置(ち)もハッキリしていますが、それはメンバーが集(あつ)まってから決(き)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?
* 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:
    ヘタウマの代(だい)表(ひょう)は愛(あい)称(しょう)キング・テリーこと湯(ゆ)村(むら)輝(てる)彦(ひこ)だろう。彼(かれ)は典(てん)型(けい)的(てき)なイラストレーションのスタイルを覆(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

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN