苦い · i-adjective
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 苦い | 苦くない |
| Polite | 苦いです | 苦くないですalso 苦くありません |
| Past polite | 苦かったです | 苦くなかったですalso 苦くありませんでした |
| Past | 苦かった | 苦くなかった |
| Te-form | 苦くて | 苦くなくて |
| Adverbial | 苦く | |
| Conditional | 苦ければ | 苦くなければ |
| Tara conditional | 苦かったら | 苦くなかったら |
Describes a sharp, unpleasant taste like coffee, dark chocolate, or medicine. Also used figuratively for a bitter experience or feeling.
This coffee is bitter.
I had a bitter experience.
This coffee is very bitter.
He made a sour face at that question.
He had a bitter feeling from that failure.
This medicine tastes bitter.
When you have a fever, your mouth tastes bitter.
slightly bitter · bittersweet
bitterly unpleasant; disgusting; shameful
bittern; nigari
bitter-tasting bug; imaginary bug that tastes bitter
bitterness; bitter taste
feel bitter; scowl
Indian quassia; quassia wood; picrasma wood
bitter melon; bitter gourd
Japanese timber bamboo; madake · Simon bamboo
wormwood; absinthe
Rubus microphyllus; a species of raspberry
Ixeris dentata; a species of wild lettuce
sulphur tuft; clustered woodlover
bitterish; somewhat bitter