I Love Kanji難しい (muzukashii)
難しい (むずかしい, muzukashii) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “difficult; hard”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- むずかしい
- Romaji
- muzukashii
- Word class
- い-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.) · い-adjective
- impossible; unfeasible · い-adjective · euph · softer than 無理
- fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased · い-adjective
- gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look) · い-adjective
- dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable · い-adjective · archaic
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 難しい
い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 難しい | むずかしい muzukashii |
| Negative | 難しくない | むずかしくない muzukashikunai |
| Past | 難しかった | むずかしかった muzukashikatta |
| Negative past | 難しくなかった | むずかしくなかった muzukashikunakatta |
| Te-form | 難しくて | むずかしくて muzukashikute |
| Adverb (~ku) | 難しく | むずかしく muzukashiku |
| Conditional (~ba) | 難しければ | むずかしければ muzukashikereba |
Kanji in 難しい
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 難しい.
難なんdifficulty困難こんなんdifficulty災難さいなんcalamity盗難とうなんtheft有難いありがたいgrateful難いがたいvery difficult to ...遭難そうなん(meeting with) disaster無難ぶなんsafe (e.g. choice)非難ひなんcriticism避難ひなんtaking refuge
Source: JMdict entry 1460850 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.