This means something is hard to do. It feels difficult for you to do it.
Verb [stem] + づらいPrimary
This means something is hard to do. It feels difficult for you to do it.
これは大変言いづらいことなのですが、プロジェクトの予算を削減する必要があります。
This is a very difficult thing to say, but we need to reduce the project's budget.
上司の機嫌が悪そうだったので、質問しづらかった。
My boss seemed to be in a bad mood, so it was difficult to ask a question.
この新しいキーボードは、意外と打ちづらくないですね。
This new keyboard is surprisingly not hard to type on, is it?
本当の気持ちは、やっぱり面と向かっては言いづらいよ。
It's still hard to say my true feelings face-to-face.
足に怪我をして歩きづらいので、少し休ませてください。
I've injured my leg and it's painful/difficult to walk, so please let me rest a bit.
This grammar shows *you* feel the difficulty. It's like a feeling inside your head or body. Maybe you are shy or feel bad for someone. This makes the action hard *for you* to do.
〜づらい means something is hard for *you* to do. This is because of how you feel inside. Or it is because of pain you feel. 〜にくい means something is hard to do because of the thing itself. It is not about your feelings. 〜がたい is much stronger. It means something is almost impossible to do. It is often for moral reasons. It sounds more formal.
Don't use this when something happens by itself. For example, you can't say "the fire is hard to go out" with -zurai. You use -zurai for things you choose to do. It is about how you feel. It is not for things that just happen. It is not for things you cannot control. The action must be something you decide to do.
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