Illustration: At a community cooking class, a participant concentrates intensely on folding a gyoza wrapper, tongue pressed against one cheek. Their tray holds several lopsided attempts with split seams and escaping filling, while the neighbor’s tray contains orderly, neatly pleated dumplings.

JLPT N4na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

苦にが手て

nigate

not good at

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは数学すうがくが苦手にがてだ。

    I am weak in math.

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  2. 私わたしは水泳すいえいが苦手にがてです。

    I am poor at swimming.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれは英語えいごが苦手にがてだ。

    He is weak in English.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 苦手

  • 苦suffering; trialOnクKunくるしい・くるしむ・にがい
  • 手handOnシュ・ズKunて・て-・た-

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