頭が悪い

Literally a “head is bad/inferior”.

• (Tokyo) あたまが・わるい [àtámáꜜ gà wàrúꜜì] (Odaka + Nakadaka – [3]-[2])

• (Tokyo) あたまが・わるい [àtáꜜmà gà wàrúꜜì] (Nakadaka + Nakadaka – [2]-[2])

• IPA^(key): [a̠ta̠ma̠ ɡa̠ β̞a̠ɾɯ̟i]

頭(あたま)が悪(わる)い • (atama ga warui) 

1. (idiomatic) dumb, slow, stupid

   Antonym: 頭が良い (atama ga ii, atama ga yoi)

• This phrase has a syntactical subject 頭. Thus the semantic subject is usually indefinite or implied. Otherwise, the semantic subject can be introduced as an absolute topic with は/も, or as the possessor of the syntactical subject with の. Also, the subject marker が may be omitted, giving 頭悪い, or when the phrase is used attributively, may be replaced by の, giving 頭の悪い.

• 頭(あたま)の悪(わる)い (atama no warui)