What does ドジしたな mean? In a manga, there was this conversation, > and I would like to know what the last part means, specifically . Summarising, this is what I would like to have answered: 1. I think means something like clumsy. Then, is something like "did in a clumsy manner"? 2. Why is written in ?

1. () is basically closer to "to make a mistake" rather than "to do something in a clumsy way". It tends to refer to funny and/or affordable mistakes typically made by a dojikko character. There is another godan verb , which may be a little more common (, , ...) and has almost the same meaning. (You cannot directly modify with , though)

2. I think this answers your question, although there is not even a known kanji version in this case. Few people know or care about the etymology of .