Illustration: At a small apartment kitchen counter, a man tastes the pancake his partner has just made. It is recognizable and neatly plated, but slightly flat and unevenly browned. He keeps chewing with a hesitant half-smile, tilting one hand uncertainly while his partner waits with the frying pan still raised.

JLPT N2adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

いまいち

imaichi

not quite, not very good

Colloquial. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. このスープ、イマイチだね。

    This soup doesn’t taste very good.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 私わたしのフランス語ごはいまいちだよね。

    My French is still not very good.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 今日きょうランニングしに行いったけど、体調たいちょうがイマイチなんだ。

    I tried going for a run today, but I’m not in great shape.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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