katakana... meaning?

here is the katakana phrase/word in question:

ヘタッピ

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作るのはまだヘタッピだけど

she's talking about making cakes, BTW. I kinda get what she means, just want to make sure.

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Originally Posted by KuroiHaneTenshi

here is the katakana phrase/word in question:ヘタッピ

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ヘタッピ：下手/へた;　へたくそ not good at, can't do well
Antonym: 上手/じょうず;　うまい good at :)

i have yet another katakana I don't know.

Phrase:
こんなにゴーインなの

She's talking about another character. Please and thank you.

also, i dont know how to change the "Help" to "solved" when I get an answer. >_<

That would be 強引 -- forceful, coercive.

And yet another one: I seem to hate katakana. Why are they written in kata if they have kanji?

モタモタしない

and also.... how does this translate? it's not katakana. kinda.
ゴーインどころか
バニラって
かわいい顔して

What's the "dokoroka" mean? it sounds like... 'place'.

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Why are they written in kata if they have kanji?

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One of the functions of katakana is to emphasize text. So a word normally written in kanji might be written in katakana for emphasis.

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モタモタしない

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You can use a dictionary for something like this.
もたもた (adv,n,vs) (on-mim) inefficient; slow
モタモタしない -- something like "get moving"

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ゴーインどころか

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Again, use a dictionary.
所か; 処か 【どころか】 (suf) (1) (uk) far from; anything but; not at all; (2) let alone; to say nothing of; not to speak of; much less
So w/o additional context, this is probably something like "anything but forceful".

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バニラって

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Vanilla

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かわいい顔して

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Make a cute face, have a cute expression on the face.

Thanks. i knew what the last two meant. XD that was the context for the first.

i dont own a japanese dictionary. >_< it'd probably help.

Thanks again.

You don't need to own a dictionary. I've been using http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/c...wwwjdic.cgi?1C so far.

My personal favorite is http://jisho.org/

But if you want to use a Japanese dictionary, Space ALC is very good. It's both EJ and JE.
http://www.alc.co.jp/