Meaning of 難い in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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難い, 悪いJLPT 4
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Kana Readingかたい, にくい, がたい
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Romajikatai, nikui, gatai
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- auxiliary adjective
- Meaning
- difficult; hard
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Example Sentences
難い, 悪い, かたい, にくい, がたい used in context
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Is 'snoring' less likely if you sleep on your side?
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You can't call dogs off from a fight.
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It rains so often in the wet season that it's hard to plan outings.
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しかし、天才であるが故に一般ピーポーから理解され難いというのは宿命とも言えるわ。
However you could say that being found hard to understand by the common folk for one's genius is fate.
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侮り難いぜ、地元の遊園地。カップルやら家族やら・・・見渡す限り人、人、人。
Not to be taken lightly, local amusement parks. Couples, families, as far as can be seen people, people, people.
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もー、弥生のナビが判りにくいから、同じトコぐるぐる回ったじゃない。
Hmph, Yayoi's navigation was difficult to follow so we ended up going round and round the same places.
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Kanji found in this word
bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong
On: アク, オ
Kun: わる.い, わる-, あ.し, にく.い, -にく.い, ああ, いずくに, いずくんぞ, にく.む
11 strokes
difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect
On: ナン
Kun: かた.い, -がた.い, むずか.しい, むづか.しい, むつか.しい, -にく.い
18 strokes
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