にがい – Vocabulary details

にがい

Adjective (い)

1. bitter (taste)

そりゃコーヒーなんだから苦にがいだろ。Well, it's coffee, so of course it's bitter.

2. sour (expression, look); bitter; displeased; unpleasant

それを自じ覚かくして、男おとこはますます苦にがい表ひょう情じょうを浮うかべた。Becoming aware of that, the man wore an increasingly bitter expression.

3. bitter (e.g. experience); painful; distressing; hard; trying

予よ想そうはしていたが、やはり苦にがい思おもいが胸むねに広ひろがる。I had expected it, but a bitter feeling still spreads through my chest.

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slightly bitter (taste); bittersweet (memory, experience, etc.)

slightly bitter (taste); bittersweet (memory, experience, etc.)

bitter experience

すごくにがいです。

It's very bitter.

薬くすりはにがい。

The medicine is bitter.

味あじはにがくないようにしといたから。

I made sure it wouldn't taste bitter.

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