JLPT N4 vocabulary
難い: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
にくい2Nakadaka · falls inside
i-adjective
Meaning
difficult to ..., hard to ... (after -masu stem of verb)
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present普通形 | 難い | 難 |
| Plain past過去形 | 難 | 難 |
| Polite presentです形 | 難い | 難 |
| Polite pastでした形 | 難 | 難 |
| Te-formて形 | 難 | 難 |
| Modifying | ||
| Before a noun連体形 | 難い | —not in common use |
| As an adverb連用形 | 難 | —not in common use |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 難 | 難 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 難 | 難 |