苦手

Japanese

Kanji in this term
にが
Grade: 3

Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Adjective

(にが)() • (nigate) -na (adnominal (にが)() (nigate na), adverbial (にが)() (nigate ni))

  1. bad (at), poor (at), weak (at), uncomfortable with
    (えい)()(にが)()(ひと)
    eigo ga nigate na hito
    person who is not good with English
    (どう)(ぶつ)(にが)()です。
    Dōbutsu ga nigate desu.
    I'm not an animal person.
  2. hard to get along with (of a person)

Inflection

Noun

(にが)() • (nigate) 

  1. weak point

Synonyms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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