- difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.)antonym:
- 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)
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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 meaning is used to describe something that cannot be done or achieved, highlighting the impracticality or impossibility of a situation.
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.
This usage refers to something that is not clean, may imply moral dirtiness, or express strong dislike.
This meaning describes feelings or situations that evoke discomfort, eeriness or general uneasiness.
Generated collocations (experimental)
difficult problemdifficult situationdifficult choicecomplicated themeserious situationtroublesome conversationhard jobdifficult decisionchallenging assignmentfussy personalityglum expressioncomplicated taskdaunting challengeunpleasant requesthard to please personto solve a difficult problemdifficult 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".
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.
The higher the ratio of children to parents, the harder it is to bring up the children.