難しい (むずかしい) — difficult, hard

難むずかしい difficult

Frequency #328 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. Grade 6 3 characters i-adjective

muzukashii

むずかしい

Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low. むずかしい[4] nakadaka 中高

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Meanings

difficult
hard

Explained in simple Japanese

なかなかわからなかったり、できなかったりするようす。

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Usage examples

難むずかしいことばですが、まずは「将軍しょうぐんが政治せいじの権限けんげんを返かえした」と覚おぼえましょう。

Muzukashii kotoba desu ga, mazu wa "shougun ga seiji no kengen o kaeshita" to oboemashou.

It is a difficult term, but start by remembering that "the shogun returned his governing authority."

明治維新 — 日本が大きく変わった時 · MojiMori（AIオリジナル） · 第2章　政府が変わっても、争いは続いた

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Adjective forms

Non-past covers present and future. Expand a form to see its plain, polite, affirmative and negative versions, where available. Some forms have multiple variants.

Na-adjectives use forms of だ. Conjectural and imperative forms can be formal or literary; everyday usage depends on context.

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Non-past (present / future)

Plain · Affirmative

難しい

むずかしい

muzukashii

Plain · Negative

難しくない

むずかしくない

muzukashikunai

Polite · Affirmative

難しいです

むずかしいです

muzukashiidesu

Polite · Negative

難しくないです

むずかしくないです

muzukashikunaidesu

Alternative variant

難しくありません

むずかしくありません

muzukashikuarimasen

Past

Plain · Affirmative

難しかった

むずかしかった

muzukashikatta

Plain · Negative

難しくなかった

むずかしくなかった

muzukashikunakatta

Polite · Affirmative

難しかったです

むずかしかったです

muzukashikattadesu

Polite · Negative

難しくなかったです

むずかしくなかったです

muzukashikunakattadesu

Alternative variant

難しくありませんでした

むずかしくありませんでした

muzukashikuarimasendeshita

Te-form (connecting)

Plain · Affirmative

難しくて

むずかしくて

muzukashikute

Plain · Negative

難しくなくて

むずかしくなくて

muzukashikunakute

Provisional (〜ば)

Plain · Affirmative

難しければ

むずかしければ

muzukashikereba

Plain · Negative

難しくなければ

むずかしくなければ

muzukashikunakereba

Causative (make / cause to be)

Plain · Affirmative

難しくさせる

むずかしくさせる

muzukashikusaseru

Conjectural (probably)

Plain · Affirmative

難しかろう

むずかしかろう

muzukashikarou

Polite · Affirmative

難しいでしょう

むずかしいでしょう

muzukashiideshou

Conditional (〜たら)

Plain · Affirmative

難しかったら

むずかしかったら

muzukashikattara

Plain · Negative

難しくなかったら

むずかしくなかったら

muzukashikunakattara

Alternative (〜たり)

Plain · Affirmative

難しかったり

むずかしかったり

muzukashikattari

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むずか難 difficult

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困(こん)難(なん) konnan difficulty 非(ひ)難(なん) hinan criticism 難(がた)い gatai difficult to 避(ひ)難(なん) hinan evacuation 難(なん)民(みん) nanmin refugee 難(なん) nan difficulty 有(あり)難(がと)う arigatou thank you 有(あ)り難(がた)い arigatai grateful

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Meanings

Explained in simple Japanese

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Adjective forms

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

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