苦い
N4にがい nigai
- bitter
い-adjective
Chinese meanings
苦的
Examples
- このコーヒーは苦い味がする。This coffee tastes bitter.这咖啡味道很苦。
- このビールは苦い。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"
}
}