不調法

Buchōhō

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Meaning

having no head for drink or the arts

A humble way of saying one has no taste or skill for drinking or the performing arts. It can also mean clumsiness, or a blunder or misconduct.

Example

酒のほうはとんと不調法でして。

I'm afraid I'm not much of a drinker.

Origin

The sense of clumsiness is old enough to appear in the Kōyasan documents of 1283. The sense of a blunder is found in the kyōgen play Kuriyaki, and the humble sense of being a stranger to drink or the arts in the kyōgen play Hōchō Muko.

Sources

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