Humanities Languages Learn the Japanese Word Tokui Share Flipboard Email Print Languages Japanese Vocabulary Basics History & Culture Grammar English as a Second Language Spanish French German Italian Mandarin English Grammar by Namiko Abe Updated June 14, 2017 The Japanese word tokui, pronounced "toe-KWEE", is translated to mean pride, or triumph. It is also often used to mean something that one excels at, or one's forte.Japanese Characters得意 (とくい)ExampleKare wa suugaku ga tokui da.彼は数学が得意だ。Translation: He is good at mathematics.Antonymheta (下手); futokui (不得意); nigate (苦手) citecite this article Format mla apa chicago Your Citation Abe, Namiko. "Learn the Japanese Word Tokui." ThoughtCo, Jun. 14, 2017, thoughtco.com/tokui-meaning-and-characters-2028615. Abe, Namiko. (2017, June 14). Learn the Japanese Word Tokui. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/tokui-meaning-and-characters-2028615 Abe, Namiko. "Learn the Japanese Word Tokui." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/tokui-meaning-and-characters-2028615 (accessed April 20, 2018). copy citation Continue Reading