JLPT N3 · な-adjective

苦手 (nigate)

苦手 (にがて, nigate) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “poor (at); weak (in)”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: にがて
Romaji: nigate
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at) · な-adjective, noun
not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite · な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

私は数学は苦手だ。

I am out of my element in math.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 苦手

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	苦手だ	にがてだ nigateda
Present (polite)	苦手です	にがてです nigatedesu
Negative	苦手じゃない	にがてじゃない nigatejanai
Past	苦手だった	にがてだった nigatedatta
Negative past	苦手じゃなかった	にがてじゃなかった nigatejanakatta
Te-form	苦手で	にがてで nigatede
Before a noun	苦手な	にがてな nigatena
Adverb (~ni)	苦手に	にがてに nigateni

Kanji in 苦手

苦

suffering, trial, worryク・くる.しい・-ぐる.しい · 8 strokes

手

handシュ・ズ・て・て- · 4 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 苦手.

苦いにがいbitter (taste)苦痛くつうpain苦労くろうtrouble苦しいくるしいpainful苦しむくるしむto suffer苦くpain苦情くじょうcomplaint苦心くしんpainsご苦労様ごくろうさまthank you (for your hard work)見苦しいみぐるしいunsightly無茶苦茶むちゃくちゃnonsensical手てhand切手きってstamp (postage)上手じょうずskillful

Source: JMdict entry 1244470 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.