(むずか)しい

むずかしい
adjective (i-adjective)
difficult, hard
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present(むずか)しい(むずか)しくない
Past(むずか)しかった(むずか)しくなかった
て form(むずか)しくて(むずか)しくなくて
Adverbial(むずか)しく
Conditional ば(むずか)しければ(むずか)しくなければ
Conditional たら(むずか)しかったら(むずか)しくなかったら
1. difficult, hard
Requiring great effort, skill, or intelligence. The opposite of (やさ)しい (easy).
Is Japanese difficult?
This problem is too difficult.
〜すぎる = too ~
I can't read difficult kanji.
(むずか)しくない(おも)っていましたやってみたら(むずか)しかったです
I thought it wouldn't be difficult, but when I tried it, it was hard.
This book is difficult, but I'm reading it little by little every day.

(むずか)しい is an i-adjective meaning "difficult" or "hard."

FORMS:

  • Adverb: (むずか)しく
  • Noun form: (むずか)しさ (difficulty)
  • Negative: (むずか)しくない

SPELLING NOTE:
The correct reading is むずかしい. An older/dialectal variant むつかしい exists but is rarely used.

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