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Learn Hardcore Japanese: nigai - bitter

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 50
/nigai

nigai

Word

苦にがいnigai

Meaning

bitter

Part of speech

i-adjective

Pronunciation

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Hardcore Japanese

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Usages of nigai

コーヒー　が　少すこし　苦にがい　ので、　牛乳ぎゅうにゅう　を　入いれます。koohii ga sukoshi nigai node, gyuunyuu o iremasu.

This coffee is a little bitter, so I add milk.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

この　お茶ちゃ　は　私わたし　に　は　少すこし　苦にがい　です　が、　母はは　は　好すき　です。kono ocha wa watashi ni wa sukoshi nigai desu ga, haha wa suki desu.

This tea is a little bitter for me, but my mother likes it.

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