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難い
Readings
かたい
katai
English
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
difficult, hard
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Conjugated forms
Present, Future 難い
is [x] 難くない
is not [x] Past 難かった
was [x] 難くなかった
was not [x] Te-form, Continuative 難くて
is [x] and... 難くなくて
is not [x] and...
Kanjis
難 ON: ナン KUN: かた.い, -がた.い, むずか.しい, むづか.しい, むつか.しい, -にく.い
difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect

Stroke: 18 Grade: 6 JLPT: N2 SKIP: 1-10-8 FC: 4051.1


Phrases
これは始末の難い問題だ。
Parts: 此れ (これ) 始末 (しまつ) 難い (かたい) 問題 (もんだい)
This is a difficult problem to solve.

プラスチックは割れにくい。
Parts: プラスチック (プラスティック) 割れる (われる) 難い (にくい)
Plastic does not break easily.