JLPT N5 vocabulary
難しい: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
むずかしい4Nakadaka · falls insidealso 0
i-adjective
Meaning
- difficult, hard, troublesome, complicated, serious, as of a disease or problem
- (euphemism) impossible, unfeasible
- fussy, particular, fastidious, hard to please, displeased
- gloomy, glum, sullen, serious-looking
- (archaic) dirty, unclean, filthy, detestable
- (archaic) unpleasant, uncomfortable, creepy, spooky
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present普通形 | 難しい | 難し |
| Plain past過去形 | 難し | 難し |
| Polite presentです形 | 難しい | 難し |
| Polite pastでした形 | 難し | 難し |
| Te-formて形 | 難し | 難し |
| Modifying | ||
| Before a noun連体形 | 難しい | —not in common use |
| As an adverb連用形 | 難し | —not in common use |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 難し | 難し |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 難し | 難し |
Example sentences
生徒から見ればこの宿題はちょっと難しいと思う。
From the students' point of view, I think this homework is a little difficult.
学校で習う漢字は前よりむずかしくなってきている。
The kanji I learn at school have gotten more difficult than before.
君の力をもってすれば、 難しい仕事ではないはずだ。
With your strength, it should not be a hard job.