Results, difficult

JLPTN5
難しい★【むずかしいmuzukashii・むつかしいmutsukashii】六借しいatejiold・六ヶ敷いatejiold Inflection

adjective:

  • difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.)
  • fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased
  • gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look)
  • dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable - archaism
  • unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky - archaism

あのano老人roujinはha食べ物tabemonoにni難しいmuzukashii。 That old man is a fussy eater.

「はいhai」とto「いいえiie」しかshika言わないiwanai人hitoとto会話kaiwaをwo続けるtsuzukeruのnoはha難しいmuzukashii。 It is difficult to keep up a conversation with someone who only says Yes and No.

JLPTN1
難い☆【かたいkatai】 Inflection

adjective:

  • difficult; hard

これkoreはha始末shimatsuのno難いkatai問題mondaiだda。 This is a difficult problem to solve.

手ごわい☆【てごわいtegowai】手強い Inflection

adjective:

  • difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn

あいつaitsuはha海千山千umisen'yamasenだからdakara、取り引きtorihiki相手aiteとしてはtoshitehaかなりkanari手強いtezuyoiぞzo。 All those tricks he's got up his sleeve make him a formidable client.

取りにくい【とりにくいtorinikui】取り難い Inflection

adjective:

  • difficult (to obtain, receive permission, access, etc.); tough (to do, etc.)
むずいmuzui・ムズいMUZUi Inflection

adjective:

難し【かたしkatashi】

~く adjective (archaic):

  • difficult; hard - archaism ➜ 難い

流言飛語ryuugenhigoにni惑わされるmadowasareruべからずbekarazu、とはtohaいうiuものmonoのno、言うiuはha易くyasuku行うokonauはha難しkatashi、とto思わないomowanai？ They say you shouldn't take rumors seriously, but that's easier said than done.

難しげ【むずかしげmuzukashige】 Inflection

adjectival noun:

  • difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.)
JLPTN3
苦しい☆【くるしいkurushii】 Inflection

adjective:

  • painful; difficult; tough; hard
  • distressing; (psychologically) difficult; stressful; awkward (e.g. position)
  • straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation); needy; struggling
  • strained (interpretation, explanation, etc.); lame (e.g. excuse); forced (e.g. smile); far-fetched

auxiliary adjective / adjective:

苦しいkurushii、やめろyamero。 It's so painful. Stop it!

彼kareはha過去kakoのno苦しいkurushii生活seikatsuをwo黙想mokusouしたshita。 He meditated on his past life of suffering.

彼のkareno家族kazokuはhaかなりkanari生活seikatsuがga苦しいkurushii。 His family is rather badly off.

やりにくいyarinikui《やり難い・遣り難い・遣りにくい》 Inflection

adjective:

  • hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
手のかかる【てのかかるtenokakaru】手の掛かる

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

  • troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner) - idiom ➜ 手が掛かる

彼kareってtte手の掛かるtenokakaru人hitoだdaねne。 You really have to manage him carefully.

始末が悪い【しまつがわるいshimatsugawarui】 Inflection

expression / adjective:

  • hard to deal with; hard to handle; difficult; trying; intractable; incorrigible; refractory
注文が多い【ちゅうもんがおおいchuumongaooi】 Inflection

expression / adjective:

  • demanding; difficult; strict
注文の多い【ちゅうもんのおおいchuumonnoooi】 Inflection

expression / adjective:

  • demanding; difficult; strict
JLPTN3
つらいtsurai☆《辛い》 Inflection

adjective:

  • painful; bitter; heart-breaking; difficult (emotionally)
  • tough; difficult; hard (usu. of situations) ➜ 辛い【づらい】
  • cruel; harsh; cold

私watashiはha辛いtsurai食物shokumotsuはhaあまりamari好きsukiではないdehanai。 I don't care too much for hot food.

彼女kanojoはha多くookuのno辛いtsurai思いomoiをwo経験keikenしてshiteきたkita。 She has gone through many difficulties.

住みにくい【すみにくいsuminikui】住み難い Inflection

adjective:

  • inconvenient (residence); unpleasant (surroundings); difficult (to live in)
不都合☆【ふつごうfutsugou】 Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

  • inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; troublesome; difficult
  • wrong; improper; objectionable; unjustifiable

私watashiがga肉nikuをwo食べようtabeyouとしないtoshinaiことkotoはha不都合futsugouがga生じshouji、私watashiはha自分jibunのno風変わりfuugawariのnoためにtameniたびたびtabitabi叱られたshikarareta。 My refusing to eat meat occasioned an inconvenience, and I was frequently chided for my singularity.

JLPTN3
微妙★【びみょうbimyou】 Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

  • delicate; subtle; sensitive
  • difficult; delicate (situation); complicated
  • doubtful; questionable; dicey; tricky

そのsono２つfutatsuのno絵eにはniha微妙なbimyouna違いchigaiがgaあるaru。 There are subtle differences between the two pictures.

そのsono顧客kokyakuのno苦情kujouはha微妙なbimyouna問題mondaiにni関わるkakawaruものmonoだったdatta。 The customer's complaint was about a sensitive issue.

JLPTN1
悩ましい☆【なやましいnayamashii】 Inflection

adjective:

  • seductive; carnal; enchanting
  • troubling; difficult; thorny; hard
  • anxious; uneasy

彼女kanojoはha悩ましいnayamashii目つきmetsukiでde僕bokuをwo見たmita。 She looked at me seductively.

がんgan

~と adverb:

  • thump; thud (dull sound representing something being hit) - onomatopoeia
  • severe; difficult; hard
JLPTN5
大変★【たいへんtaihen】大へん Inflection

adverb:

  • very; greatly; terribly; awfully

adjectival noun / noun:

  • immense; enormous; great
  • serious; grave; dreadful; terrible
  • difficult; hard

noun:

  • major incident; disaster - archaism

１日中歩き回ってarukimawatte大変taihen疲れたtsukareta。 I am dead tired from walking around all day.

雨ameくらいkuraiでde電話denwaがga混線konsenしてたらshitetara日本nipponなんてnante大変taihenですdesuよyoねne。 If rain was enough to get phone-lines crossed then Japan would be in a right mess, wouldn't it?

JLPTN5
辛い☆【からいkarai】 Inflection

adjective:

  • spicy; hot
  • salty
  • harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); strict
  • painful; bitter; difficult; tough ➜ 辛い【つらい】

私watashiはha辛いtsurai食物shokumotsuはhaあまりamari好きsukiではないdehanai。 I don't care too much for hot food.

彼女kanojoはha多くookuのno辛いtsurai思いomoiをwo経験keikenしてshiteきたkita。 She has gone through many difficulties.

JLPTN2
緩い☆【ゆるいyurui】 Inflection

adjective:

  • loose
  • lenient; lax
  • gentle (curve, slope, etc.)
  • slow; weak
  • soft; not firm
  • difficult; hard - in the negative as ゆるくない - Hokkaidō, Tōhoku dialect

このkono靴kutsuはha少しsukoshi緩いyurui。 These shoes are a little loose.

日本nipponのnoＯＤＡはha返済hensai期間kikan３０年nen、利率riritsu２％％前後zengoというtoiu条件joukenのno緩いyurui円借款enshakkanがga大部分daibubunをwo占めるshimeru。 Japan's ODA largely consists of concessionary yen credit repayable in 30 years, carrying an interest rate of 2% or so.

道michiはha緩いyurui下り坂kudarizakaになっているninatteiru。 The road descends slowly.

JLPTN3
骨★【ほねhone】 Inflection

noun:

  • bone
  • frame
  • outline; core
  • backbone; spirit; fortitude

adjectival noun / noun:

  • laborious; troublesome; difficult

ジョーンJOONはhaそのsono事故jikoでde左腕sawanのno骨honeをwo折ったotta。 Joan broke her left arm in the accident.

英語eigoをwo学ぶmanabuのnoはha骨honeがga折れるoreru。 Learning English is hard work.

難航★【なんこうnankou】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • difficult voyage; hard flight
  • rough going; rough passage; running into trouble; stormy passage
難題☆【なんだいnandai】

noun:

  • difficult problem; challenge

君kimiはhaそれらsoreraのno難題nandaiにni対処taishoしshiなくてはならないnakutehanaranai。 You have to cope with those difficult problems.

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Kanji

難

ナンNAN・かたいkata.i・~がたい gata.i・むずかしいmuzuka.shii・むづかしいmuzuka.shii・むつかしいmutsuka.shii・~にくい niku.i

difficult; impossible; trouble; accident; defect

艱

カンKAN・ケンKEN・なやむnaya.mu・かたいkata.i・なやみnaya.mi

difficult; trying; be distressed; parent's funeral ceremony; mourning; perilous


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