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苦い

にがい
bitter
nigai
JLPT N4 vocabularyN4 Adjectives wordsN4 Food words
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  • この薬くすりは苦にがい。

    Kono kusuri wa nigai.

    This medicine is bitter.

  • 苦にがい経験けいけんを教訓きょうくんにした。

    Nigai keiken o kyoukun ni shita.

    I made the bitter experience a lesson.

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More JLPT N4 Adjectives words

  • 厳しいきびしいstrict / severe
  • 眠いねむいsleepy
  • 普通ふつうnormal / ordinary (na-adj)
  • 特別とくべつspecial (na-adj)
  • 勿体無いもったいないwasteful / too good (i-adj)
  • 珍しいめずらしいrare / unusual
  • 深いふかいdeep
  • 浅いあさいshallow

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