Lingaku難しい【むずかしい】
Frequency rank: 497.
- difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.)antonym: 易しい【やさしい】
- impossible; unfeasiblepolite (teineigo) languageeuphemistic
- fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased
- gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look)
- dirty; unclean; filthy; detestablearchaism
- unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spookyarchaism
adjective (keiyoushi)
Forms
- 難しい【むずかしい】【むつかしい】Frequency rank: 497.
- 六借しい【むずかしい】【むつかしい】
- 六ヶ敷い【むずかしい】【むつかしい】
- むずかしいFrequency rank: 23,174. – 23,310.
- むつかしいFrequency rank: 52,627. – 54,043.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.)
- impossible; unfeasible
- fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased
- gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look)
- dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable
- unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
This meaning is used when referring to tasks, challenges, or situations that require significant effort or are problematic.
This problem is very difficult.
This meaning is used to describe something that cannot be done or achieved, highlighting the impracticality or impossibility of a situation.
That plan is impossible.
Such a thing is unfeasible.
This meaning is applied when talking about people who are excessively picky or hard to satisfy in their preferences or opinions.
This meaning describes an expression or mood that is somber or serious, often reflecting sadness or discontent.
He is wearing a gloomy face.
A serious atmosphere can be felt.
This usage refers to something that is not clean, may imply moral dirtiness, or express strong dislike.
His attitude is detestable.
This meaning describes feelings or situations that evoke discomfort, eeriness or general uneasiness.
This place feels uncomfortable.
That story is a bit creepy.
Generated collocations (experimental)
むずかしい難しいもんだい問題difficult problemむずかしい難しいじょうきょう状況difficult situationむずかしい難しいせんたく選択difficult choiceむずかしい難しいてえまテーマcomplicated themeむずかしい難しいじたい事態serious situationむずかしい難しいはなし話troublesome conversationむずかしい難しいしごと仕事hard jobむずかしい難しいけつだん決断difficult decisionむずかしい難しいかだい課題challenging assignmentむずかしい難しいせいかく性格fussy personalityむずかしい難しいひょうじょう表情glum expressionむずかしい難しいさぎょう作業complicated taskむずかしい難しいちょうせん挑戦daunting challengeむずかしい難しいりくえすとリクエストunpleasant requestむずかしい難しいひと人hard to please personむずかしい難しいもんだい問題をかいけつ解決するto solve a difficult problemむずかしい難しいじき時期difficult time
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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It is difficult to keep up a conversation with someone who only says "yes" and "no".
It's quite difficult to master French in 2 or 3 years.
For rock it's hard to know on what basis you should call something 'hi-fi'.
It is a difficult task, choosing what is "right" or "wrong", but you have to do it.
Moreover it's difficult to get rubbish out for garbage day because the collection time is too early.
Your words are supposed to correspond to your actions, but that is not easy to put into practice.
If you can translate the subject and object then after that it isn't so difficult.
This, appearing at first glance to be perfectly obvious, is actually very difficult.
It's difficult for returnees to blend in with that class.
It is always difficult for a son to live up to the expectations of his parents.
The higher the ratio of children to parents, the harder it is to bring up the children.
In theory it is possible, but in practice it is very difficult.
It is difficult for a theory to survive such a test.