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    3. 気難しい

    気難しい

    気き難むずかし​い​

    hard to please

    KMT10News #46+1CoreAdjectiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab27 strokes

    気むずかしい

    きむずかしい

    Adjective

    1.
    hard to please, difficult, particular, fussy, choosy, picky, fastidious
    2.
    bad-tempered, in a bad mood, displeased, sullen, crabby, cranky, grumpy

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    彼かれは少すこし気き難むずかしい性せい格かくだ。

    He has a slightly difficult personality.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    気き難むずかしい上じょう司しを相あい手てにするのは、いつも骨ほねが折おれる。

    Dealing with a difficult boss is always tough.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career
    彼かの女じょは芸げ術いじゅ家つ肌かで、作さく品ひんに対たいする評ひょう価かには非ひ常じょうに気き難むずかしい。

    She has an artistic temperament and is very particular about evaluations of her work.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyArt & Design
    気き難むずかしい子こ供どもの機き嫌げんを取とるのは、親おやにとって大たい変へんな仕し事ごとだ。

    It's a tough job for parents to appease a fussy child.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    気き難むずかしい顧こ客きゃくの要よう望ぼうに応こたえるため、何なん度ども修くり正かえを繰 り返 した。

    We made repeated revisions to meet the demands of the difficult client.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyBusiness & Finance

    Characters that make up this word

    気
    いき・き…(2)
    spirit・mind・air・atmosphere・mood
    Kanji
    難
    かた.い・-がた.い・むずか.しい・むづか.しい・むつか.しい・-にく.い…(3)
    difficult・impossible・trouble・accident・defect
    Kanji
    し
    shi
    Kana
    い
    i
    Kana
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