不得意

Reading

Kana: ふとくい

Romaji: futokui

Definition

adj-na

noun

1

one's weak point

Kanji

不

Readings: フ、 ブ

Meanings: negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy

得

Readings: トク、 え.る、 う.る

Meanings: gain, get, find, earn, acquire, can, may, able to, profit, advantage, benefit

意

Reading: イ

Meanings: idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking

Example Sentences

どの教科(きょうか)が不得意(ふとくい)ですか。

➥What subject are you poor at?

彼(かれ)は英語(えいご)が好(す)きだが数学(すうがく)は不得意(ふとくい)だ。

➥While he likes English, he is weak in mathematics.

私(わたし)は英語(えいご)が不得意(ふとくい)だった。

➥I was poor at English.

概(がい)して、日本(にっぽん)の人々(ひとびと)は外国語(がいこくご)が不得意(ふとくい)だ。

➥As a rule, Japanese people are not good at foreign languages.