► 動詞
難しがる [(5)むずかしがる] meaning: difficult rank: 4
☆ 皆難しがったが私は簡単だと思った ⇨ Everybody said it was difficult but I found it easy
► 名詞
難しさ [(3)むずかしさ] meaning: difficult rank: 1
☆ 男の子と女の子は育てるのに別の難しさがある ⇨ Raising boys and girls have different challenges
► 形容詞
難い [(2)にくい] meaning: difficult rank: 1
☆ この教科書は解りにくい ⇨ This textbook is difficult to understand
☆ この蓋は子供が開けないようににわざと開け難くしてある ⇨ This lid is made intentionally difficult to open for children
☆ この車は後ろが見難い ⇨ It is hard to look what is behind in this car
☆ 聞き難い質問 ⇨ A question hard/awkward to ask
難しい [(4)むずかしい] meaning: difficult rank: 1
☆ 彼はとにかく難しい人だ ⇨ He’s a really difficult person to deal with
☆ 難しい問題 ⇨ A difficult problem
☆ 難しい状況 ⇨ A difficult situation
難しい [(4)むずかしい] meaning: likely rank: 1
☆ 彼等に勝つのは難しい ⇨ It is difficult, unlikely, to beat them
難しい [(4)むつかしい] meaning: difficult rank: 2
☆ 彼女は気が難しい ⇨ She is difficult to please (☛ An alternative pronunciation of むずかしい)
難い [(2)がたい] [liter] meaning: difficult rank: 3
☆ 彼のしたことはとても許し難い ⇨ What he did is difficult to forgive
☆ 本当だとは信じ難い ⇨ It’s hard to believe it’s true
難い [(2)かたい] [liter] meaning: difficult rank: 3
☆ それは想像に難くない ⇨ It is not hard to imagine (☛ Usually used in negative as 難くない)