See 言い難い on Wiktionary
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "言い難い",
"ruby": [
[
"言",
"い"
],
[
"難",
"がた"
]
],
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難い",
"ruby": [
[
"言",
"い"
],
[
"難",
"にく"
]
],
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "iigatai",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "iinikui",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難く",
"roman": "iigataku",
"ruby": [
[
"言",
"い"
],
[
"難",
"がた"
]
],
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ja-i",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難かろ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "いいがたかろ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "iigatakaro",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難く",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "いいがたく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "iigataku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難い",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "いいがたい",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "iigatai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難い",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "いいがたい",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "iigatai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難けれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "いいがたけれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "iigatakere",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難かれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "いいがたかれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "iigatakare",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難くない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "いいがたくない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "iigataku nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難かった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "いいがたかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "iigatakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難くなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "いいがたくなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "iigataku nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難いです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "いいがたいです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "iigatai desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難くないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "いいがたくないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "iigataku nai desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難かったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "いいがたかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "iigatakatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難くなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "いいがたくなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "iigataku nakatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難くて",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "いいがたくて",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "iigatakute",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難ければ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "いいがたければ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "iigatakereba",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難かったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "いいがたかったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "iigatakattara",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難かろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "いいがたかろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "iigatakarō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難く",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "いいがたく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "iigataku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難さ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "いいがたさ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "iigatasa",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "い.いがたい",
"2": "い.いにくい",
"infl": "i"
},
"expansion": "言(い)い難(がた)い or 言(い)い難(にく)い • (iigatai or iinikui) -i (adverbial 言(い)い難(がた)く (iigataku))",
"name": "ja-adj"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"adverbial": "く",
"attributive": "い",
"conditional": "ければ",
"conjunctive": "くて",
"continuative": "く",
"degree": "さ",
"formal": "い です",
"formal_negative": "く ない です",
"formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
"formal_past": "かった です",
"hypothetical": "けれ",
"imperative": "かれ",
"imperfective": "かろ",
"informal_negative": "く ない",
"informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
"informal_past": "かった",
"kana": "い.いがた",
"lemma": "言い難",
"provisional": "かったら",
"terminal": "い",
"volitional": "かろう"
},
"name": "ja-adj-infl"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
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{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w"
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{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"hard to say, inexpressible, hesitant to say"
],
"id": "en-言い難い-ja-adj-TgDpQmxD",
"links": [
[
"hard",
"hard"
],
[
"say",
"say"
],
[
"inexpressible",
"inexpressible"
],
[
"hesitant",
"hesitant"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "いいがたい"
},
{
"other": "いいにくい"
},
{
"ipa": "[iːɡa̠ta̠i]"
},
{
"ipa": "[iːɲ̟ikɯ̟i]"
}
],
"word": "言い難い"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "言い難い",
"ruby": [
[
"言",
"い"
],
[
"難",
"がた"
]
],
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難い",
"ruby": [
[
"言",
"い"
],
[
"難",
"にく"
]
],
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "iigatai",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "iinikui",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難く",
"roman": "iigataku",
"ruby": [
[
"言",
"い"
],
[
"難",
"がた"
]
],
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ja-i",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難かろ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "いいがたかろ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "iigatakaro",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難く",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "いいがたく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "iigataku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難い",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "いいがたい",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "iigatai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難い",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "いいがたい",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "iigatai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難けれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "いいがたけれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "iigatakere",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難かれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "いいがたかれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "iigatakare",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難くない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "いいがたくない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "iigataku nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難かった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "いいがたかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "iigatakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難くなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "いいがたくなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "iigataku nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難いです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "いいがたいです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "iigatai desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難くないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "いいがたくないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "iigataku nai desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難かったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "いいがたかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "iigatakatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難くなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "いいがたくなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "iigataku nakatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難くて",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "いいがたくて",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "iigatakute",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難ければ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "いいがたければ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "iigatakereba",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難かったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "いいがたかったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "iigatakattara",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難かろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "いいがたかろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "iigatakarō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難く",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "いいがたく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "iigataku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "言い難さ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "いいがたさ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "iigatasa",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "い.いがたい",
"2": "い.いにくい",
"infl": "i"
},
"expansion": "言(い)い難(がた)い or 言(い)い難(にく)い • (iigatai or iinikui) -i (adverbial 言(い)い難(がた)く (iigataku))",
"name": "ja-adj"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"adverbial": "く",
"attributive": "い",
"conditional": "ければ",
"conjunctive": "くて",
"continuative": "く",
"degree": "さ",
"formal": "い です",
"formal_negative": "く ない です",
"formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
"formal_past": "かった です",
"hypothetical": "けれ",
"imperative": "かれ",
"imperfective": "かろ",
"informal_negative": "く ない",
"informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
"informal_past": "かった",
"kana": "い.いがた",
"lemma": "言い難",
"provisional": "かったら",
"terminal": "い",
"volitional": "かろう"
},
"name": "ja-adj-infl"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Japanese adjectives",
"Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"Japanese lemmas",
"Japanese links with manual fragments",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
"Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
"Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with multiple readings",
"Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"Japanese い-i adjectives",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"hard to say, inexpressible, hesitant to say"
],
"links": [
[
"hard",
"hard"
],
[
"say",
"say"
],
[
"inexpressible",
"inexpressible"
],
[
"hesitant",
"hesitant"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "いいがたい"
},
{
"other": "いいにくい"
},
{
"ipa": "[iːɡa̠ta̠i]"
},
{
"ipa": "[iːɲ̟ikɯ̟i]"
}
],
"word": "言い難い"
}
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (b941637 and 4230888). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.