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稚拙

ちせつ

childish, unskillful

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Examples

  1. 稚拙な文章だ。

    ちせつなぶんしょうだ。

    It is a childish piece of writing.

  2. 絵は稚拙だが味がある。

    えはちせつだがあじがある。

    The drawing is unskillful but has charm.

  3. 稚拙な対応が事態を悪化させた。

    ちせつなたいおうがじたいをあっかさせた。

    Clumsy handling made the situation worse.

  4. 稚拙と言われても、自分の言葉で書くことに意味がある。

    ちせつといわれても、じぶんのことばでかくことにいみがある。

    Even if it is called childish, there is value in writing in your own words.

Common patterns

稚拙な文章
childish writing
稚拙な対応
clumsy handling
稚拙に見える
to look amateurish

Memory tip

稚 'young' plus 拙 'clumsy': work that looks like a child produced it. It is a written, openly critical word and lands harder than 未熟, because it judges the result rather than the person's stage of growth.

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