音痴
おんち · onchi
Tone deafness, amusia, having no ear for music
- having no sense of (e.g. direction), being hopeless when it comes to (e.g. computers), -illiterate
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Tone deafness, amusia, having no ear for music. It can also mean: having no sense of (e.g. direction), being hopeless when it comes to (e.g. computers), -illiterate.
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おんち (onchi). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
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