Vocabulary

What does 醜い (みにくい, minikui) mean?

醜い (みにくい, minikui) means ugly; disgraceful.

Quick facts
Readingみにくい
Romajiminikui
Part of speechi-adjective
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N2
みにくい
N2 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonminikui

ugly; disgraceful

  1. 1i-adjective ugly; unattractive; bad-looking
  2. 2i-adjective unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful

Example sentences

  • That was an ugly dispute.

  • Do you know the story of The Ugly Duckling?

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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