【Vocabulary】音痴 おんち onchi

Do you like to sing a song?
Do you enjoy karaoke with your friends?

Well, I like to sing a song... but only when I am alone in my room or when I'm driving my car alone!
Because I'm a very bad singer and feel embarrassed to have somebody listen to my singing! ((+_+))


So how can we say "I'm a bad singer. / I'm not good at singing." in Japanese?

私は歌が下手です。　
わたしは　うたが　へたです。
watashi wa uta ga heta desu.

= I'm not good singer. (I'm a bad singer.)

私は歌が苦手です。
わたしは　うたが　にがてです。
watashi wa uta ga nigate desu.

= I'm not good at singing.


These are the most simple ways to say that you are not good at singing.

Today, I would like to introduce new word to express "A BAD SINGER".　　
It is........

音痴　おんち　onchi   {noun}

Originally, "音痴　おんち　onchi" means "have no sense of tone" or "be tone-deaf".

①　ねえ、カラオケいかない？
  Nee, karaoke ikanai?        =  Hey, don't you wanna go Karaoke? (Wanna go Karaoke?)

②　いかない。　わたし、おんちだから。
  Ikanai.   Watashi, onchi dakara.    = I don't go. Because I'm a bad singer.

③　だいじょうぶだよ！　　きにしないで！
        Daijoubu dayo!    Kinishinaide!     =   That's all right!  Don't worry!


④　ほんとうに、おんち。　
        Hontou ni onchi.        = Really, a bad singer.

ヘビーメタルにきこえる。
        Hebii metaru ni kikoeru.    =  It sounds Heavy Metal to me.



So now you can say "I'm a bad singer"；

私は音痴です。
わたしは　おんちです。
watashi wa onchi desu.



Well, this is not the end for today.
There are few more words you need to know which are related to  "音痴　おんち　onchi"


◆　方向音痴
ほうこうおんち
houkou-onchi      =  have no sense of direction / be bad with direction

方向　ほうこう　houkou   " direction"

ex)  私は方向音痴なので、いつも道に迷います。
  わたしは　ほうこうおんちなので、　いつも　みちに　まよいます。
watashi wa houkou-onchi nanode, itsumo michi ni mayoimasu.

I have no sense of direction so that I am always lost.


◆　機械音痴　
きかいおんち
kikai-onchi     =   be bad with machines

機械　きかい　kikai     "machines"

ex) 母は機械音痴で、パソコンが使えません。
はは　は　きかいおんちで　パソコンがつかえません。
haha wa kikai-onchi de pasokon ga tukaemasen.

My mother is bad with machines, so she can't use a computer.


◆　運動音痴
うんどうおんち
undou-onchi   =  be uncoordinated / be bad at playing sports

運動　うんどう　undou   "exercise"

ex) 私の弟は運動音痴ですが、足は速いです。
わたしのおとうとは　うんどうおんちですが、あしは　はやいです。
watashi no otouto wa undou-onchi desuga, ashi wa hayai desu.

My younger brother is not good at playing sports but he runs fast.
*あしが（は）はやい　legs are fast = run fast








彼女は歌は上手ですが、運動音痴です。
かのじょは　うたは　じょうずですが、　うんどうおんちです。
kanojo wa uta wa jouzu desuga, undou onchi desu.

= She sings well but she is bad at playing sports.

She is not "onchi" but is "undou-onchi".


Did you get it? 👆


For me, I am onchi (a bad singer) and houkou-onchi (have no sense of direction).
I love to travel to foreign countries alone but I am not able to drive anywhere without car navigation!!


See you!