Onchi

音痴 (Onchi) is a Japanese noun meaning “tone deafness, amusia, having no ear for music, having no sense of (e.g. direction)”.

Meanings

  1. noun, adjectival noun, na-adjectivetone deafness; amusia; having no ear for music
  2. noun suffixhaving no sense of (e.g. direction); being hopeless when it comes to (e.g. computers); -illiterate

Examples

  • I don't want to sing, because I'm tone-deaf.

  • He doesn't realise that he's tone deaf.

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Kanji in 音痴

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