► 形容詞
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)
More examples:
- こうも難しいとは思わなかった ⇨ I didn’t think it would be this difficult
- 善し悪しの判断は難しい ⇨ It is difficult to judge whether it is good or bad
- この部品を外す時は力を加減するのが難しい ⇨ When you remove this part, it is difficult to adjust your force, how hard you push, pull, twist
- 私は難しい問題は後回しにして、簡単なものから先に処理することにした ⇨ I decided to deal with difficult problems later, and take care of easy ones first
- 日本語は敬語の使い分けが難しい ⇨ It is very difficult to use correct respectful words in Japanese
- 二人のスーパースターが同じチームで共存することは難しい ⇨ It is difficult for two superstars to coexist in one team
- インターネット上で本当の情報を探し出すのは難しい ⇨ It is difficult to find true information on the internet
- こんなに難しいとは思っても見なかった ⇨ I never thought it would be this difficult
- 貧富の差を是正するのは難しい ⇨ It is difficult to correct the differences between the rich and the poor
- 一人暮らしだと料理するのは難しい ⇨ It is difficult to cook when you live alone
- それは言うのは容易いが、やるのは難しい ⇨ It is easy to say it, but doing it is difficult
- 頭で分かっていても実際にやるのは難しい ⇨ Even if you understand (the concept) in your head, it is difficult to actually do it
- 一度生まれた不信感を拭い去るのは難しい ⇨ It’s hard to wipe off, dispel, distrust once it’s created
- マッチやライターを使わずに火を起こすのは難しい ⇨ It is difficult to start a fire without using matches or a lighter
- この窓は上げ下げが難しい ⇨ This window is hard to move up and down