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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

苦にがい

N4
にがい nigai
  1. bitter
い-adjective

Chinese meanings

苦的

Examples

  • このコーヒーは苦にがい味あじがする。
    This coffee tastes bitter.
    这咖啡味道很苦。
  • このビールは苦にがい。
    This beer tastes bitter.
    这啤酒很苦。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('e1cfd51839'); // 苦い
{
  "id": "e1cfd51839",
  "word": "苦い",
  "reading": "にがい",
  "romaji": "nigai",
  "meanings": [
    "bitter"
  ],
  "level": "N4",
  "pos": [
    "adj-i"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1244310,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "このコーヒーは苦い味がする。",
      "furigana": "このコーヒーは{苦|にが}い{味|あじ}がする。",
      "en": "This coffee tastes bitter.",
      "tatoeba_id": 223800
    },
    {
      "ja": "このビールは苦い。",
      "furigana": "このビールは{苦|にが}い。",
      "en": "This beer tastes bitter.",
      "tatoeba_id": 223286
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "fc8af0653df2fee6b896140fb1f72c42175a44245c56a8da870634f8c25cc094",
    "meanings": [
      "苦的"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "このコーヒーは苦い味がする。",
        "zh": "这咖啡味道很苦。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "このビールは苦い。",
        "zh": "这啤酒很苦。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n4/e1cfd51839",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "2eb766e514462cb5dde47c37e654905fd5194e3db4055dc0a06b9c67043e5a28"
  }
}