Vocab Info

A5 Noun, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)

へまblunder, bungle, gaffe

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Noun

      1.

      blunder, bungle, gaffe, mistake

    2. Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)

      2.

      bungling, stupid, tactless, clumsy, awkward

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    ヘマへま

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      ヘマなやつを部下(ぶか)にはしたくない。

      I don't want to have blundering guys as subordinates.

        大事(だいじ)場面(ばめん)でヘマをしてしまうとは…!

        To have made a gaffe at such an important moment…!

          ヘマな応答(おうとう)をしてしまい、(はじ)をかくことになった。

          I made a bungled response and ended up embarrassing myself.

            女性(じょせい)にウインクをされて(なに)もしないなんて、あいつはヘマな(おとこ)だ。

            To do nothing when a woman winks at you, that guy is a bungling man.

              (ちち):「息子(むすこ)はヘマばかりやらかす(やっこ)だが、(にく)むことなんて出来(でき)ないです。」

              Father: "My son is a guy who only makes blunders, but I can't bring myself to hate him."

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