► 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:
- それを子供にも分かるように説明するのは難しい ⇨ It is difficult to explain it so that even children can understand
- 日本の教育制度では学業とスポーツを両立することは難しい ⇨ In Japanese education system it is difficult to be successful in both studying and sports
- それは理論上は可能でも実際には難しい ⇨ That may be possible on theory, but is very difficult in reality
- この経済成長率を持続することは難しい ⇨ It is difficult to maintain this economic growth rate
- 株を売る時期を見極めるのは難しい ⇨ It is difficult to judge the best timing to sell the stocks
- こうも難しいとは思わなかった ⇨ I didn’t think it would be this difficult
- 原因の断定は難しい ⇨ It is difficult to determine the cause definitively
- 会社を短期間で再建することは難しい ⇨ It is difficult to rebuild the company in a short period of time
- 芸人は難しい商売だ ⇨ An entertainer is a difficult profession
- この機械を使うと難しい料理も楽ちんに出来る ⇨ Difficult cooking will be a piece of cake when you use this machine
- このマッサージ機は強さの調節が難しい ⇨ This massage machine is hard to adjust the strength
- 品質と価格の兼ね合いが難しい ⇨ The balancing of quality and cost is difficult
- 心の病は体の病よりも治療が難しい ⇨ Mental diseases are harder to treat than physical diseases
- スポーツにせよ芸能にせよ、世界一になるのは難しい ⇨ Whether in sports or in arts, it is difficult to be the world’s best
- 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