複雑(ふくざつ)

ふくざつ
na-adjective
complicated, complex
1. complicated, complex
Having many interconnected parts or aspects, difficult to understand or analyze.
複雑(ふくざつ)な話(はなし)だ。
It's a complicated matter.
この問題(もんだい)は複雑(ふくざつ)です。
This problem is complicated.
日本語(にほんご)の文法(ぶんぽう)は複雑(ふくざつ)だと思(おも)いますか。
Do you think Japanese grammar is complicated?
人間(にんげん)関係(かんけい)は複雑(ふくざつ)で、相手(あいて)の気持(きも)ちを理解(りかい)するのは簡単(かんたん)ではない。
Human relationships are complicated, and it's not easy to understand how others feel.
この機械(きかい)の仕組(しく)みは複雑(ふくざつ)で、説明書(せつめいしょ)を読(よ)んでも分(わ)かりにくいです。
The mechanism of this machine is complicated, and it's hard to understand even after reading the manual.

複雑(ふくざつ) is a na-adjective: 複雑(ふくざつ)な (before nouns), 複雑(ふくざつ)だ/です (predicate), 複雑(ふくざつ)じゃない (negative). The kanji 複(ふく) means 'duplicate/multiple' and 雑(ざつ) means 'miscellaneous' - together suggesting many mixed elements. Antonym: 簡単(かんたん) (simple), 単純(たんじゅん) (simple).

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Added 2026.1.7 21:58 · Revised 2026.3.5 21:46
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