難しい

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
むずか
Grade: 6
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
難しい (kyūjitai)
六ヶ敷い (obsolete)
六ヶしい (obsolete)

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「難しい
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 難しく ずかしく
ずかしく
ずかし


Terminal (終止形) 難しい ずかしい
ずかし

Attributive (連体形) 難しい ずかしい
ずかし

Key constructions
Informal negative 難しくない ずかしくな
ずかしくない
ずかしくない


Informal past 難しかった ずかしかった
ずかしかった

Informal negative past 難しくなかった ずかしくなかった
ずかしくなかった
ずかしくなかった


Formal 難しいです ずかしいです
Conjunctive 難しくて ずかしくて
ずかしくて

Conditional 難しければ ずかしければ
ずかしければ

Adjective

(むずか)しい (muzukashiiむづかしい (mudukasii)?-i (adverbial (むずか)しく (muzukashiku))

  1. difficult
    (むずか)しい問題(もんだい)
    muzukashii mondai
    a difficult problem
  2. hard, probably impossible
    一年(いちねん)()(ない)完成(かんせい)(むずか)しい
    Ichinen inai no kansei wa muzukashii.
    It is hard to complete in one year.

Inflection

Antonyms

See also