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ハンディキャップ (handikyappu) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
ハンディキャップ also: ハンデキャップ · ハンディーキャップ
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In golf, a handicap indicates one's ability.
Lack of experience became a big handicap for him.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 にハンディキャップを 与あた える to give someone a handicap
Stronger players are given a bigger handicap.
ハンディキャップを 負お う to bear/have a handicap
He has a handicap from an illness he had as a child.
ハンディキャップを 克こく 服ふく する to overcome a handicap
She overcame her physical handicap and competed in the Olympics.
Related words ハンデ is the casual, shortened form of ハンディキャップ used in everyday speech, while the full form is more common in formal or written contexts.
不利 is a native Japanese word meaning general disadvantage, whereas ハンディキャップ specifically evokes the loanword sense of a measured or assigned handicap (as in sports).
Written forms ハンディキャップ Usage 96%
Standard katakana spelling; the most common form.
ハンデキャップ Usage 4%
Variant spelling without the long vowel; less common but still encountered.
Etymology Borrowed from English 'handicap'.
