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苦手: poor at, weak in | JLPT N3 Vocabulary | JLPTMatome

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苦手

JLPT N3Vocabulary

苦手(にがて)

にがて

poor at, weak in

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Reading and meaning Adjective forms Example sentences Kanji in this lesson

Reading and meaning

Reading: にがて
Romaji: nigate
Meaning: poor at, weak in
Word type: na adjective

Adjective forms

Present: 苦手(にがて)です
Present negative: 苦手(にがて)ではありません
Past: 苦手(にがて)でした
Past negative: 苦手(にがて)ではありませんでした
Before a noun: 苦手(にがて)な
Connective: 苦手(にがて)で
Adverbial: 苦手(にがて)に
Ba conditional: 苦手(にがて)であれば
Nara conditional: 苦手(にがて)なら
苦手(にがて)ならば
Tara conditional: 苦手(にがて)でしたら
Appearance: 苦手(にがて)そうです
Change of state: 苦手(にがて)になります
Excess: 苦手(にがて)すぎます
Nominalized: 苦手(にがて)さ

Present: 苦手(にがて)だ
Present negative: 苦手(にがて)じゃない
苦手(にがて)ではない
Past: 苦手(にがて)だった
Past negative: 苦手(にがて)じゃなかった
苦手(にがて)ではなかった
Before a noun: 苦手(にがて)な
Connective: 苦手(にがて)で
Adverbial: 苦手(にがて)に
Ba conditional: 苦手(にがて)であれば
Nara conditional: 苦手(にがて)なら
苦手(にがて)ならば
Tara conditional: 苦手(にがて)だったら
Appearance: 苦手(にがて)そうだ
Change of state: 苦手(にがて)になる
Excess: 苦手(にがて)すぎる
Nominalized: 苦手(にがて)さ

Example sentences

FuriganaEnglish

私(わたし)は人前(ひとまえ)で話(はな)すのが苦手(にがて

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です。

I am not good at speaking in front of people.

私(わたし)は数学(すう)が苦手(くがにがて)です。

I am poor at mathematics.

私(わたし)は辛(から)い食(た)べ物(もの)が苦手(にがて)です。

I am not good with spicy food.

私(わたし)は歌(うた)うことが苦手(にがて)です。

I am not good at singing.

Kanji in this lesson

苦suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowlJLPT N4 手handJLPT N5