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    3. 音痴

    音痴

    音おん痴ち

    tone deafness

    KMT10News #37+1Ref L2Music & EntertainmentKanji Vocab22 strokes

    おんち

    Noun, Particle, Adjective

    1.
    tone deafness, amusia, having no ear for music

    Noun, Suffix

    2.
    having no sense of (e.g. direction), being hopeless when it comes to (e.g. computers), -illiterate

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    私わたしは歌うたが音おん痴ちです。

    I'm tone-deaf when it comes to singing.

    KMT5Music & EntertainmentDaily Life
    彼かれは音おん痴ちなので、カラオケではいつも聞きいているだけだ。

    He's tone-deaf, so he always just listens at karaoke.

    KMT10Music & EntertainmentDaily Life
    彼かの女じょは方ほう向こう音おん痴ちで、地ち図ずがあってもよく道みちに迷まよう。

    She has no sense of direction and often gets lost even with a map.

    KMT10Daily LifeTravel & Transportation
    音おん楽がくの授じゅ業ぎょうで、自じ分ぶんの音おん痴ちぶりにがっかりした。

    In music class, I was disappointed by my tone-deafness.

    KMT10Music & EntertainmentEducation
    私わたしは機き械かい音おん痴ちなので、新あたらしいガジェットの操そう作さは苦にが手てです。

    I'm technologically illiterate, so I'm not good at operating new gadgets.

    KMT10TechnologyDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    音
    おと・ね…(5)
    sound・noise
    痴
    し.れる・おろか…(1)
    stupid・foolish
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