LingakuFrequency rank: 2,027. – 2,028.
- poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at)
- not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at)
- not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
This meaning is used to describe someone’s lack of skill or ability in a particular area.
This meaning is used to express that something is not preferred or enjoyable to someone.
Generated collocations (experimental)
にがて苦手なことsomething one is poor atにがて苦手をこくふく克服するto overcome one's weaknessにがていしき苦手意識awareness of one's weaknessesにがて苦手なかもく科目a subject one is not good atにがて苦手なたべもの食べ物food one dislikesぷろぐらみんぐプログラミングがにがて苦手to be poor at programmingにがて苦手なすぽうつスポーツa sport one is not good atにがていしき苦手意識をもつ持つto have a sense of inferiorityにがて苦手ぶんや分野a weak areaにがて苦手をみとめる認めるto acknowledge one's weaknesses
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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For some reason, I don't cope well with those recognized as hardliners.
I'm the type who gets nervous in front of people, so I'm bad at speech making.
She recognized that math was her weakest subject.
He is not good at making friends and always keeps to himself.
He is poor at English but second to none in mathematics.