Japanese edit

Alternative spelling
ほろ苦い

Etymology edit

From ほろ (horo-) + (にが) (nigai).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

ほろにがい (horonigaiほろにがい (foronigai)?-i (adverbial ほろにがく (horonigaku))

  1. slightly bitter, bittersweet

Inflection edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN