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苦手 (にがて): poor (at), weak (in), dislike (of) — Japanese vocabulary

苦手 is read にがて and means "poor (at), weak (in), dislike (of)". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

苦手

Reading
にがて · nigate
Translation
poor (at), weak (in), dislike (of)
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
にがてがにがてが

Example

私は数学は苦手だ。

わたしはすうがくはにがてだ。

I am out of my element in math.

Kanji in this word

  • 苦 — painful, bitter
  • 手 — hand

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