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    3. 難しい

    難しい

    難むずかし​い​

    difficult

    N5KMT5News #7+1CoreAdjectiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab21 strokes

    六借しい六ヶ敷い六かしい

    むずかしいむつかしいむづかしい

    Adjective

    1.
    difficult, hard, troublesome, complicated, serious (disease, problem, etc.)
    2.
    impossible, unfeasible
    euphemistic
    3.
    fussy, particular, fastidious, hard to please, displeased
    4.
    gloomy, glum, sullen, serious (look)
    5.
    dirty, unclean, filthy, detestable
    archaic
    6.
    unpleasant, uncomfortable, creepy, spooky
    archaic

    Stroke 0 / 21

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    この本ほんは難むずかしいです。

    This book is difficult.

    KMT2Education
    数すう学がくの試し験けんはいつも私わたしにとって難むずかしい。

    Math exams are always difficult for me.

    KMT4EducationEmotions & Psychology
    難むずかしい問もん題だいに直ちょく面めんしている。

    I am facing a difficult problem.

    KMT5Emotions & Psychology
    難むずかしい決けつ断だんを迫せまられている。

    I am being forced to make a difficult decision.

    KMT5Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かれの提てい案あんは、実じつ現げんが非ひ常じょうに難むずかしいだろう。

    His proposal will likely be very difficult to realize.

    KMT6Business & FinanceEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    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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