Vocab Info

A4 Noun, No-adjective, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun, used as a suffix

音痴(おんち)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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    1. Noun, No-adjective, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)

      1.

      tone deafness, amusia, having no ear for music

    2. 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(おんち)だからカラオケには()きたくない。

      Since I'm tone-deaf, I don't want to go to karaoke.

        (ぼく)方向(ほうこう)音痴(おんち)で、すぐに(みち)(まよ)ってしまう。

        I'm hopeless with directions, so I get lost easily.

        (ただ)しい(おと)認識(にんしき)発声(はっせい)出来(でき)ないことを音痴(おんち)()う。

        Being unable to recognize or produce the correct pitch is called tone-deafness.

          運動(うんどう)音痴(おんち)(むすめ)は、クラスの(なか)(はし)るのが一番(いちばん)(おそ)いらしい。

          My daughter, who is hopeless at sports, seems to be the slowest runner in her class.

          音痴(おんち)なのをよそに、彼女(かのじょ)はカラオケでバンバン(うた)(うた)っています。

          Despite being tone-deaf, she sings a lot at karaoke.

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