Word details

音痴

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 音痴.

Dictionary

Entry

音痴んちFreq #35025
1

Common noun; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

tone deafness; amusia; having no ear for music

Examples
あいつ、自分が音痴だってこと知らないんだよ。
He doesn't realise that he's tone deaf.
2

Noun, used as a suffix

having no sense of (e.g. direction); being hopeless when it comes to (e.g. computers); -illiterate

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

sound, noise

9 strokesFrequency 491JLPT N3Grade 1

On

オンイン-ノン

Kun

おと

Nanori

stupid, foolish

13 strokesFrequency 1,663JLPT N1Grade 8

On

Kun

し.れるおろか

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