下手上手

Japanese

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

下手上手 (hiragana へたうま, katakana ヘタウマ, rōmaji hetauma)

good badness, something that seems simultaneously poorly done and well done
下 (へ)手 (た)上 (う)手 (ま)のボーカル
hetauma no bōkaru
good-bad vocals; crude but affecting singing
relative skill level, high and low skill
- 2012, Natsumi Takenaka, Idol Dance!!!‎:
  下 (へ)手 (た)上 (う)手 (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 kimetan desu ka?
  They are also clearly positioned in terms of high/low skill, so is that decided once the members are all gathered?

下手上手 (-na inflection, hiragana へたうま, katakana ヘタウマ, rōmaji hetauma)

bad yet good, so bad it's good, simultaneously poorly done and well done
- 2014 January 10, “Kātan-shi to manejimento kyōmutēkē itashimashita [Management partnership with Katan]”, in Yoshida Masaki‎:
  CA時代 (じだい)は、バブルを謳 (おう)歌 (か)する傍 (かたわ)ら、得意 (とくい)の下手上手 (へたなうま)なイラストで日常 (にちじょう)を綴 (つづ)った自作 (じさく)の新 (しん)聞 (ぶん)を同僚達 (どうりょうたち)に配 (くば)り人 (にん)気 (き)を博 (はく)す。
  CA jidai wa, baburu o ōka suru katawara, tokui no hetanaumana irasuto de nichijō o tsuzutta jisaku no shinbun o dōryōtachi ni kubari ninki o hakusu.
  While in California, 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.