Japanese symbol for “untrained”
へっぽこ
へっぽこ
Romaji: heppoko
hack; untrained; incompetent; useless
In Japanese, untrained is へっぽこ (heppoko).
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Meanings
- adj-f, adj-na hack; untrained; incompetent; useless; quack (doctor)
Other Japanese words for “untrained”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 未教育 | みきょういく mikyouiku | untrained |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.