Vocab Info
A4 Noun, No-adjective, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun, used as a suffix
音痴tone-deafness, amusia, having no ear for music, tone-deaf, off-key, having no sense (of something), being hopeless (when it comes to something)
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Noun, No-adjective, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)
1.
tone deafness, amusia, having no ear for music
Noun, used as a suffix
2.
having no sense of (e.g. direction), being hopeless when it comes to (e.g. computers), -illiterate
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音痴 【おんち】
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音痴だからカラオケには行きたくない。
Since I'm tone-deaf, I don't want to go to karaoke.
僕は方向音痴で、すぐに道に迷ってしまう。
I'm hopeless with directions, so I get lost easily.
正しい音の認識と発声が出来ないことを音痴と言う。
Being unable to recognize or produce the correct pitch is called tone-deafness.
運動音痴の娘は、クラスの中で走るのが一番遅いらしい。
My daughter, who is hopeless at sports, seems to be the slowest runner in her class.
音痴なのをよそに、彼女はカラオケでバンバン歌を歌っています。
Despite being tone-deaf, she sings a lot at karaoke.
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