How to say poor in Japanese

JLPTN3
苦手★【にがてnigate】 Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

  • poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at)
  • dislike (of); difficult to deal with

Example Sentences

貧しいmazushii人hitoとtoはhaほんのhonnoわずかwazukaしかshika持っmoてteいiないnai人hitoでdeはhaなくnaku欲yokuのnoありariすぎるsugiru人hitoでdeあるaru。
Poor is not the one who has too little, but the one who wants too much.
上司joushiはha僕bokuのno仕事振りshigotofuriがgaいい加減iikagenだdaとto決め付けたkimetsuketa。
My boss took me to task for the poor quality of my work.
道具douguとしてtoshiteのno実需jitsujuがgaないnaiからkara品揃えshinasoroeにni深みfukamiがgaでないdenai。
There's no demand for them as tools, so the product line-up is poor.
私watashiのno駄文dabunをwo見てmiteいただきitadakiありがとうございますarigatougozaimasu。
Thank you for looking at my poor scribblings.
ヘミングウェイHEMINGUUEIのno文章bunshouはha悪文akubunだったdatta。
Hemingway had a poor writing style.

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