► 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:
- 故意の存在の立証は難しい ⇨ Proving the existence of an intent is difficult
- 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
- 人格を矯正することは難しい ⇨ It is difficult to correct personality
- この機械は難しい料理も簡単に作れるという素晴らしい代物だ ⇨ This machine is a wonderful stuff that lets you cook difficult dishes easily
- 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
- 難しい仕事を安請け負いしたのが間違いだった ⇨ It was a mistake to accept the difficult job too cheap, too easily
- 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
- 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
- この機械は調整が難しい ⇨ This machine is difficult to fine-tune
- この窓は上げ下げが難しい ⇨ This window is hard to move up and down
- この辺でタクシーを拾うのは難しい ⇨ It is difficult to pick up a taxi around here
- 彼の手書きを判読するのは難しい ⇨ It is difficult to read (and understand) his handwriting
- 難しい物理の概念を単純明快に解説した本 ⇨ A book that explain difficult physics concepts simple and clear
- 米を一粒だけ箸でつかむのは難しい ⇨ It is difficult to pick up one grain of rice
- 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