"difficult" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈdɪfɪkəlt/ Audio: En-uk-difficult.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-difficult.wav , En-us-difficult.ogg Forms: more difficult [comparative], most difficult [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English difficult (ca. 1400), a back-formation from difficultee (whence modern difficulty), from Old French difficulté, from Latin difficultas, from difficul, older form of difficilis (“hard to do, difficult”), from dis- + facilis (“easy”); see difficile. Replaced native Middle English earveþ (“difficult, hard”), from Old English earfoþe (“difficult, laborious, full of hardship”), cognate to German Arbeit (“work”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|difficult}} Middle English difficult, {{back-form|en||nocap=1}} back-formation, {{uder|en|fro|difficulté}} Old French difficulté, {{uder|en|la|difficultas}} Latin difficultas, {{cog|enm|earveþ||difficult, hard}} Middle English earveþ (“difficult, hard”), {{cog|ang|earfoþe||difficult, laborious, full of hardship}} Old English earfoþe (“difficult, laborious, full of hardship”), {{cog|de|Arbeit||work}} German Arbeit (“work”) Head templates: {{en-adj|more}} difficult (comparative more difficult, superlative most difficult)
  1. Hard, not easy, requiring much effort. Translations (hard, not easy): moeilik (Afrikaans), i vështirë (Albanian), አስቸጋሪ (ʾäsčägari) (Amharic), χαλεπός (khalepós) (Ancient Greek), δυσχερής (duskherḗs) (Ancient Greek), صَعْب (ṣaʕb) (Arabic), واعر (waʕr) [Moroccan-Arabic] (Arabic), դժվար (džvar) (Armenian), բարդ (bard) (Armenian), ծանր (canr) (Armenian), টান (tan) (Assamese), difícil (Asturian), çətin (Azerbaijani), düşvar (Azerbaijani), ҡыйын (qıyın) (Bashkir), ауыр (awır) (Bashkir), nekez (Basque), zail (Basque), ця́жкі (cjážki) (Belarusian), тру́дны (trúdny) (Belarusian), কঠিন (koṭhin) (Bengali), diaes (Breton), payah (Brunei Malay), тру́ден (trúden) (Bulgarian), мъ́чен (mǎ́čen) (Bulgarian), те́жък (téžǎk) (Bulgarian), ခဲယဉ်း (hkai:yany:) (Burmese), ခက် (hkak) (Burmese), difícil (Catalan), lisud (Cebuano), dipisil (Central Bikol), masakit (Central Bikol), زەحمەت (zeḧmet) (Central Kurdish), گران (gran) (Central Kurdish), سەخت (sext) (Central Kurdish), yeewa (Chamicuro), хала (xala) (Chechen), ᎤᏦᏍᏗ (utsosdi) (Cherokee), ᏍᏓᏯ (sdaya) (Cherokee), (Chinese Cantonese), (naan⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 困難 (Chinese Cantonese), 困难 (kwan³ naan⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), (Chinese Mandarin), (nán) (Chinese Mandarin), 困難 (Chinese Mandarin), 困难 (kùnnán) (Chinese Mandarin), 艱難 (Chinese Mandarin), 艰难 (jiānnán) (Chinese Mandarin), аӈъачеты (aṇʺačety) (Chukchi), тѩжькъ (tjęžĭkŭ) [Cyrillic] (Church Slavic), qıyın (Crimean Tatar), obtížný (Czech), těžký (Czech), vanskelig (Danish), moeilijk (Dutch), q-qs-n:nDs (qsn) (Egyptian), malfacila (Esperanto), keeruline (Estonian), torførur (Faroese), vaikea (Finnish), hankala (Finnish), difficile (French), difícil (Galician), arrevesado (Galician), ძნელი (ʒneli) (Georgian), რთული (rtuli) (Georgian), მძიმე (mʒime) (Georgian), schwer (German), schwierig (German), 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐌿𐍃 (aglus) (Gothic), δύσκολος (dýskolos) (Greek), sapernarpoq (Greenlandic), કઠિન (kaṭhin) (Gujarati), difisil (Haitian Creole), קָשֶׁה (kashé) (Hebrew), מסובך (mesubbakh) (Hebrew), कठिन (kaṭhin) (Hindi), विकट (vikaṭ) (Hindi), मुश्किल (muśkil) (Hindi), दुश्वार (duśvār) (Hindi), nehéz (Hungarian), erfiður (Icelandic), desfacila (Ido), narigat (Ilocano), sukar (Indonesian), susah (Indonesian), sulit (Indonesian), хала (xala) (Ingush), difficile (Interlingua), deacair (Irish), difficile (Italian), 難しい (muzukashii) (alt: むずかしい) (Japanese), 困難な (konnan na) (alt: こんなんな) (Japanese), puxadu (Kabuverdianu), pexóde (Kabuverdianu), rabés (Kabuverdianu), ಕಟ್ (kaṭ) (Kannada), қиын (qiyn) (Kazakh), ауыр (auyr) (Kazakh), tshīk (Khiamniungan Naga), ពិបាក (pi’baak) (Khmer), យ៉ាប់ (yap) (Khmer), 어렵다 (eoryeopda) (Korean), 힘들다 (himdeulda) (Korean), кыйын (kıyın) (Kyrgyz), оор (oor) (Kyrgyz), difísil (Ladino), zor (Ladino), ຍາກ (nyāk) (Lao), difficilis (Latin), sarežģīts (Latvian), grūts (Latvian), sunkus (Lithuanian), тежок (težok) (Macedonian), мачен (mačen) (Macedonian), sukar (Malay), susah (Malay), diffiċli (Maltese), doillee (Manx), creoi (Manx), trome (Manx), mooar (Manx), neuaashagh (Manx), whēuaua (Maori), uaua (Maori), taumaha hārukiruki (note: in the extreme) (Maori), अवघड (avghaḍ) (Marathi), कठीण (kaṭhīṇ) (Marathi), defícel (Mirandese), ဝါတ် (wāt) (Mon), хэцүү (xecüü) (Mongolian), хүнд (xünd) (Mongolian), бэрх (berx) (Mongolian), хүчир (xüčir) (Mongolian), nantłʼah (Navajo), váttis (Northern Sami), vanskelig (Norwegian), malaisit (Occitan), dificil [masculine] (Occitan), earfoþe (Old English), ansae (Old Irish), دشوار (düşvâr) (Ottoman Turkish), ګران (grân) [masculine] (Pashto), مشکل (muškil) [masculine] (Pashto), دشوار (došvâr) (Persian), مشکل (moškel) (Persian), سخت (saxt) (Persian), صعب (sa'b) (Persian), trudny (Polish), ciężki (Polish), difícil (Portuguese), ਕਠਿਨ (kaṭhin) (Punjabi), sasa (Quechua), greu (Romanian), dificil (Romanian), anevoios (Romanian), complicat (Romanian), тру́дный (trúdnyj) [masculine] (Russian), тяжёлый (tjažólyj) (Russian), тя́жкий (tjážkij) (Russian), сло́жный (slóžnyj) (Russian), faigatā (Samoan), कठिन (kaṭhina) (Sanskrit), doirbh (Scottish Gaelic), mì-fhurasda (Scottish Gaelic), cruaidh (Scottish Gaelic), trom (Scottish Gaelic), duilich (Scottish Gaelic), тежак [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), težak [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), අමාරු (amāru) (Sinhalese), obtiažny (Slovak), ťažký (Slovak), težek (Slovene), difícil (Spanish), tranca [Peru] (Spanish), svår (Swedish), mahirap (Tagalog), fifi (Tahitian), мушкил (muškil) (Tajik), душвор (dušvor) (Tajik), сахт (saxt) (Tajik), கடினமான (kaṭiṉamāṉa) (Tamil), кыен (qıyen) (Tatar), авыр (awır) (Tatar), కఠినమైన (kaṭhinamaina) (Telugu), కష్టమైన (kaṣṭamaina) (Telugu), susar (Tetum), ยาก (yâak) (Thai), ลำบาก (lam-bàak) (Thai), ཁག་པོ (khag po) (Tibetan), དཀའ་ལས་ཁག་པོ (dka' las khag po) (Tibetan), དཀའ་མོ (dka' mo) (Tibetan), དཀའ་ངལ་ཅན (dka' ngal can) (Tibetan), waimene (Tocharian B), āmāskai (Tocharian B), faingataʻa (Tongan), zor (Turkish), güç (Turkish), müşkül (Turkish), çetin (Turkish), kıyın (Turkish), düşvar (Turkish), ağır (Turkish), çatak (Turkmen), çetin (Turkmen), kyn (Turkmen), müçgil (Turkmen), cáo quán (Tày), важки́й (važkýj) (Ukrainian), трудни́й (trudnýj) (Ukrainian), ćežki (Upper Sorbian), مشکل (muśkil) (Urdu), دشوار (duśvār) (Urdu), کٹھن (kaṭhin) (Urdu), قىيىن (qiyin) (Uyghur), مۈشكۈل (müshkül) (Uyghur), qiyin (Uzbek), mushkul (Uzbek), murakkab (Uzbek), khó (Vietnamese), khó khăn (Vietnamese), fikulik (Volapük), anodd (Welsh), caled (Welsh), swier (West Frisian), (Wu Chinese), (english: ⁶ne) (Wu Chinese), שווער (shver) (Yiddish), האַרב (harb) (Yiddish), le (Yoruba)
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  2. (often of a person, or a horse, etc) Hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome. Tags: often Translations (hard to manage (said of a person, horse, etc.)): χαλεπός (khalepós) (Ancient Greek), moeilijk (Dutch), schwierig (German), ciotach (Irish), rabés (Kabuverdianu), difficilis (Latin)
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  3. (obsolete) Unable or unwilling. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-difficult-en-adj-O-sOOrsi Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 38 34 10 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 34 33 10 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 37 31 11 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: burdensome, complex, incomprehensible, killing, murderous, subtle Derived forms: difficultate, difficultly, difficultness, difficult nut to crack, difficult pill to swallow, superdifficult, trifficult, undifficult

Verb

IPA: /ˈdɪfɪkəlt/ Audio: En-uk-difficult.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-difficult.wav , En-us-difficult.ogg Forms: difficults [present, singular, third-person], difficulting [participle, present], difficulted [participle, past], difficulted [past]
Etymology: From Middle English difficult (ca. 1400), a back-formation from difficultee (whence modern difficulty), from Old French difficulté, from Latin difficultas, from difficul, older form of difficilis (“hard to do, difficult”), from dis- + facilis (“easy”); see difficile. Replaced native Middle English earveþ (“difficult, hard”), from Old English earfoþe (“difficult, laborious, full of hardship”), cognate to German Arbeit (“work”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|difficult}} Middle English difficult, {{back-form|en||nocap=1}} back-formation, {{uder|en|fro|difficulté}} Old French difficulté, {{uder|en|la|difficultas}} Latin difficultas, {{cog|enm|earveþ||difficult, hard}} Middle English earveþ (“difficult, hard”), {{cog|ang|earfoþe||difficult, laborious, full of hardship}} Old English earfoþe (“difficult, laborious, full of hardship”), {{cog|de|Arbeit||work}} German Arbeit (“work”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} difficult (third-person singular simple present difficults, present participle difficulting, simple past and past participle difficulted)
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To make difficult; to impede; to perplex. Tags: obsolete, transitive Translations (make difficult; impede): dificultar (Catalan), dificultar (Portuguese), dificultar (Spanish)
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Inflected forms

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      "form": "more difficult",
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      "word": "nail Jell-O to a tree"
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      "word": "test"
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        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "koṭhin",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "কঠিন"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "bcl",
          "lang": "Central Bikol",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Bikol Legazpi"
          ],
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "dipisil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "bcl",
          "lang": "Central Bikol",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Bikol Naga"
          ],
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "masakit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "diaes"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "kxd",
          "lang": "Brunei Malay",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "payah"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "trúden",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "тру́ден"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "mǎ́čen",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "мъ́чен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "téžǎk",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "те́жък"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "hkai:yany:",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "ခဲယဉ်း"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "hkak",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "ခက်"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "difícil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "ceb",
          "lang": "Cebuano",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "lisud"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "ccc",
          "lang": "Chamicuro",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "yeewa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "ce",
          "lang": "Chechen",
          "roman": "xala",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "хала"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "chr",
          "lang": "Cherokee",
          "roman": "utsosdi",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "ᎤᏦᏍᏗ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "chr",
          "lang": "Cherokee",
          "roman": "sdaya",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "ᏍᏓᏯ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "難"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "naan⁴",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "难"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "困難"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "kwan³ naan⁴",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "困难"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "難"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "nán",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "难"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "困難"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "kùnnán",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "困难"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "艱難"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiānnán",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "艰难"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "wuu",
          "lang": "Wu Chinese",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "難"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "wuu",
          "english": "⁶ne",
          "lang": "Wu Chinese",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "难"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "ckt",
          "lang": "Chukchi",
          "roman": "aṇʺačety",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "аӈъачеты"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "crh",
          "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "qıyın"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "obtížný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "těžký"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "vanskelig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "moeilijk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "egy",
          "lang": "Egyptian",
          "roman": "qsn",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "q-qs-n:nDs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "malfacila"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "keeruline"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "torførur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "vaikea"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "hankala"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "difficile"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "difícil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "arrevesado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ʒneli",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "ძნელი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "rtuli",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "რთული"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "mʒime",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "მძიმე"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "schwer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "schwierig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "aglus",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "𐌰𐌲𐌻𐌿𐍃"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "dýskolos",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "δύσκολος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "khalepós",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "χαλεπός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "duskherḗs",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "δυσχερής"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "kl",
          "lang": "Greenlandic",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "sapernarpoq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "gu",
          "lang": "Gujarati",
          "roman": "kaṭhin",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "કઠિન"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "ht",
          "lang": "Haitian Creole",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "difisil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "kashé",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "קָשֶׁה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "mesubbakh",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "מסובך"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "kaṭhin",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "कठिन"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "vikaṭ",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "विकट"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "muśkil",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "मुश्किल"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "duśvār",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "दुश्वार"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "nehéz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "erfiður"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "desfacila"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "ilo",
          "lang": "Ilocano",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "narigat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "sukar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "susah"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "sulit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "inh",
          "lang": "Ingush",
          "roman": "xala",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "хала"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "difficile"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "deacair"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "sga",
          "lang": "Old Irish",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "ansae"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "difficile"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "alt": "むずかしい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "muzukashii",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "難しい"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "alt": "こんなんな",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "konnan na",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "困難な"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "kea",
          "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "puxadu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "kea",
          "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "pexóde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "kea",
          "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "rabés"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "kn",
          "lang": "Kannada",
          "roman": "kaṭ",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "ಕಟ್"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "qiyn",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "қиын"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "auyr",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "ауыр"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "kix",
          "lang": "Khiamniungan Naga",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "tshīk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "pi’baak",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "ពិបាក"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "yap",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "យ៉ាប់"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "eoryeopda",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "어렵다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "himdeulda",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "힘들다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "zeḧmet",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "زەحمەت"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "gran",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "گران"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "sext",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "سەخت"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "kıyın",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "кыйын"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "oor",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "оор"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "lad",
          "lang": "Ladino",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "difísil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "lad",
          "lang": "Ladino",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "zor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "nyāk",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "ຍາກ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "difficilis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "sarežģīts"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "grūts"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "sunkus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "težok",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "тежок"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "mačen",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "мачен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "sukar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "susah"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "diffiċli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "doillee"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "creoi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "trome"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "mooar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "neuaashagh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "whēuaua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "uaua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "note": "in the extreme",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "taumaha hārukiruki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "avghaḍ",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "अवघड"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "kaṭhīṇ",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "कठीण"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "mwl",
          "lang": "Mirandese",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "defícel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13 1",
          "code": "mnw",
          "lang": "Mon",
          "roman": "wāt",
          "sense": "hard, not easy",
          "word": "ဝါတ်"
        },
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "cjážki",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "ця́жкі"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "trúdny",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "тру́дны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "koṭhin",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "কঠিন"
    },
    {
      "code": "bcl",
      "lang": "Central Bikol",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Bikol Legazpi"
      ],
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "dipisil"
    },
    {
      "code": "bcl",
      "lang": "Central Bikol",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Bikol Naga"
      ],
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "masakit"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "diaes"
    },
    {
      "code": "kxd",
      "lang": "Brunei Malay",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "payah"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "trúden",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "тру́ден"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mǎ́čen",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "мъ́чен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "téžǎk",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "те́жък"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "hkai:yany:",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "ခဲယဉ်း"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "hkak",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "ခက်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "difícil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "lisud"
    },
    {
      "code": "ccc",
      "lang": "Chamicuro",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "yeewa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ce",
      "lang": "Chechen",
      "roman": "xala",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "хала"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "utsosdi",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "ᎤᏦᏍᏗ"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "sdaya",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "ᏍᏓᏯ"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "難"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "naan⁴",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "难"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "困難"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "kwan³ naan⁴",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "困难"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "難"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nán",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "难"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "困難"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kùnnán",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "困难"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "艱難"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiānnán",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "艰难"
    },
    {
      "code": "wuu",
      "lang": "Wu Chinese",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "難"
    },
    {
      "code": "wuu",
      "english": "⁶ne",
      "lang": "Wu Chinese",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "难"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckt",
      "lang": "Chukchi",
      "roman": "aṇʺačety",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "аӈъачеты"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "qıyın"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "obtížný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "těžký"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "vanskelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "moeilijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "qsn",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "q-qs-n:nDs"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "malfacila"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "keeruline"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "torførur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "vaikea"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "hankala"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "difficile"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "difícil"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "arrevesado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ʒneli",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "ძნელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "rtuli",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "რთული"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mʒime",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "მძიმე"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "schwer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "schwierig"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "aglus",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "𐌰𐌲𐌻𐌿𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "dýskolos",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "δύσκολος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "khalepós",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "χαλεπός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "duskherḗs",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "δυσχερής"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "sapernarpoq"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "kaṭhin",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "કઠિન"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "difisil"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kashé",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "קָשֶׁה"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "mesubbakh",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "מסובך"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kaṭhin",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "कठिन"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "vikaṭ",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "विकट"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "muśkil",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "मुश्किल"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "duśvār",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "दुश्वार"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "nehéz"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "erfiður"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "desfacila"
    },
    {
      "code": "ilo",
      "lang": "Ilocano",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "narigat"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "sukar"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "susah"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "sulit"
    },
    {
      "code": "inh",
      "lang": "Ingush",
      "roman": "xala",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "хала"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "difficile"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "deacair"
    },
    {
      "code": "sga",
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "ansae"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "difficile"
    },
    {
      "alt": "むずかしい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "muzukashii",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "難しい"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こんなんな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "konnan na",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "困難な"
    },
    {
      "code": "kea",
      "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "puxadu"
    },
    {
      "code": "kea",
      "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "pexóde"
    },
    {
      "code": "kea",
      "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "rabés"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "kaṭ",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "ಕಟ್"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qiyn",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "қиын"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "auyr",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "ауыр"
    },
    {
      "code": "kix",
      "lang": "Khiamniungan Naga",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "tshīk"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "pi’baak",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "ពិបាក"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "yap",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "យ៉ាប់"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "eoryeopda",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "어렵다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "himdeulda",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "힘들다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "zeḧmet",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "زەحمەت"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "gran",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "گران"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "sext",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "سەخت"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "kıyın",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "кыйын"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "oor",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "оор"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "difísil"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "zor"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "nyāk",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "ຍາກ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "difficilis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "sarežģīts"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "grūts"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "sunkus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "težok",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "тежок"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "mačen",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "мачен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "sukar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "susah"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "diffiċli"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "doillee"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "creoi"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "trome"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "mooar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "neuaashagh"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "whēuaua"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "uaua"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "in the extreme",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "taumaha hārukiruki"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "avghaḍ",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "अवघड"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "kaṭhīṇ",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "कठीण"
    },
    {
      "code": "mwl",
      "lang": "Mirandese",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "defícel"
    },
    {
      "code": "mnw",
      "lang": "Mon",
      "roman": "wāt",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "ဝါတ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xecüü",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "хэцүү"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xünd",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "хүнд"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "berx",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "бэрх"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xüčir",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "хүчир"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "nantłʼah"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "váttis"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "vanskelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "malaisit"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dificil"
    },
    {
      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Church Slavic",
      "roman": "tjęžĭkŭ",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "тѩжькъ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "earfoþe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "düşvâr",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "دشوار"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "grân",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ګران"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "muškil",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مشکل"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "došvâr",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "دشوار"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "moškel",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "مشکل"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "saxt",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "سخت"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sa'b",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "صعب"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "trudny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "ciężki"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "hard, not easy",
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      "code": "pa",
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      "word": "faigatā"
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      "code": "sa",
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      "sense": "hard, not easy",
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      "code": "si",
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      "roman": "amāru",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "difícil"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "word": "svår"
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      "word": "mahirap"
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      "code": "ty",
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      "word": "fifi"
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      "code": "ta",
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      "roman": "kaṭiṉamāṉa",
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      "word": "கடினமான"
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      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
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      "word": "кыен"
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      "code": "tt",
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      "code": "te",
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      "word": "కఠినమైన"
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      "code": "te",
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      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "కష్టమైన"
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      "code": "tet",
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      "word": "susar"
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "yâak",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "ยาก"
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "lam-bàak",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "ลำบาก"
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      "code": "bo",
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      "roman": "khag po",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "ཁག་པོ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "dka' las khag po",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "དཀའ་ལས་ཁག་པོ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
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      "roman": "dka' mo",
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      "word": "དཀའ་མོ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
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      "roman": "dka' ngal can",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "དཀའ་ངལ་ཅན"
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    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
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      "word": "waimene"
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      "code": "txb",
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      "word": "āmāskai"
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      "code": "to",
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      "word": "faingataʻa"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "word": "zor"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "güç"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "müşkül"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "çetin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "kıyın"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
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      "word": "düşvar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "ağır"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
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      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "çatak"
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    {
      "code": "tk",
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      "word": "çetin"
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    {
      "code": "tk",
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      "word": "kyn"
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    {
      "code": "tk",
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      "word": "müçgil"
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      "code": "tyz",
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      "word": "cáo quán"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "важки́й"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "trudnýj",
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      "word": "трудни́й"
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      "code": "ur",
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      "word": "مشکل"
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      "code": "ur",
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      "roman": "duśvār",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "دشوار"
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      "code": "ur",
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      "roman": "kaṭhin",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "کٹھن"
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      "code": "ug",
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      "roman": "qiyin",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "قىيىن"
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      "code": "ug",
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      "roman": "müshkül",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "مۈشكۈل"
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      "code": "uz",
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      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "qiyin"
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      "code": "uz",
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      "word": "mushkul"
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    {
      "code": "uz",
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      "word": "murakkab"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "khó"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "khó khăn"
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    {
      "code": "vo",
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      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "fikulik"
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      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "anodd"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "caled"
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    {
      "code": "fy",
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      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "swier"
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      "code": "yi",
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      "roman": "shver",
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      "code": "yi",
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      "roman": "harb",
      "sense": "hard, not easy",
      "word": "האַרב"
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      "code": "yo",
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      "word": "le"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "word": "moeilijk"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "schwierig"
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      "code": "grc",
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      "sense": "hard to manage (said of a person, horse, etc.)",
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      "code": "ga",
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    {
      "code": "kea",
      "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
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      "word": "rabés"
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      "code": "la",
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    },
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      "audio": "En-us-difficult.ogg",
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    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "make difficult; impede",
      "word": "dificultar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "make difficult; impede",
      "word": "dificultar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "make difficult; impede",
      "word": "dificultar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "difficult"
}

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