N2 — outside your level filter

Modifies the end of the sentence directly and takes no だ／です, so there are no forms to conjugate.

いまいち

imaichinot quite there, somewhat lackingN2adverb

Example sentences2

この映画えいが、話題わだいになってたけど、正直しょうじきいまいちだったな。

kono eiga, wadai ni natteta kedo, shoujiki imaichi datta na.

This film was talked about a lot, but honestly it was a bit lacking. casual

新あたらしいレシピで作つくってみたが、味あじがいまいちだった。

atarashii reshipi de tsukutte mita ga, aji ga imaichi datta.

I tried making it with the new recipe, but the flavour wasn't quite there. neutral