poor conversationalist; bad at talking
Describes a person who is unskilled at conversation or storytelling; often used self-deprecatingly. The antonym is 話し上手.
Antonyms: 話し上手
I'm a poor conversationalist and not good at talking with people.
He's bad at talking, but he's a good listener.
good talker; conversationalist; being good at conversation
Standard spelling with okurigana; the most common written form.
Variant spelling without okurigana; less common than 話し下手.
Compound of 話し (hanashi, 'talking') + 下手 (heta, 'unskillful'). The exact historical derivation is straightforward; the spelling 話下手 is a variant without okurigana.