難(むずか)しい

むずかしい
i-adjective
difficult, hard
descriptive
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present難(むずか)しい難(むずか)しくない
Past難(むずか)しかった難(むずか)しくなかった
て form難(むずか)しくて難(むずか)しくなくて
Adverbial難(むずか)しく—
Conditional ば難(むずか)しければ難(むずか)しくなければ
Conditional たら難(むずか)しかったら難(むずか)しくなかったら
1. difficult, hard
Requiring great effort, skill, or intelligence. The opposite of 易(やさ)しい (easy).
日本語(にほんご)は難(むずか)しいですか?
Is Japanese difficult?
This problem is too difficult.
〜すぎる = too ~
難(むずか)しい漢字(かんじ)が読(よ)めません。
I can't read difficult kanji.
難(むずか)しくないと思(おも)っていましたが、やってみたら難(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.

Forms

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

Pronunciation

The standard reading is むずかしい. むつかしい is an older and regional variant, still heard from some speakers in western Japan.

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