See 難い in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "From Old Japanese. The meaning developed from 堅い (katai, “hard, stiff, immovable”) to overtones of difficult. Compare the similar development of English hard.\nThe difficult meaning was already apparent in the Man'yōshū, completed in the latter half of the 700s.",
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"english": "If you go out rowing the boat floating on the Nakamana [river], meeting would be difficult, if we don't do it today.",
"ref": "c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 14, poem 3401:",
"roman": "Nakamana ni, ukiworu fune no, kogidenaba, afu koto katasi, kefu ni siarazu fa.",
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"に"
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[
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[
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"ふ"
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"し"
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"あ"
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[
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"ら"
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[
"受",
"ず"
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[
"波",
"は"
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],
"text": "中麻奈尓、宇伎乎流布祢能、許藝弖奈婆、安布許等可多思、家布尓思安良受波",
"type": "quote"
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"form": "難くないです",
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"args": {
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},
{
"word": "worthy of being thankful for"
},
{
"word": "welcome"
}
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{
"text": "This suffix attaches to the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of a verb to express the difficulty of doing the action."
},
{
"english": "Those who were close for many years found it difficult to part, and while boisterously getting things done all day, the night deepened.",
"ref": "c. 935: Tosa Nikki, page 3",
"roman": "Toshigoro yoku kurabetsuru hitobito namu, wakaregataku omoite, hi shikiri ni, tokaku shitsutsu, nonoshiru uchi ni, yo fukenu.",
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[
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"とし"
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[
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"ごろ"
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"くら"
],
[
"人人",
"ひとびと"
],
[
"別",
"わか"
],
[
"難",
"がた"
],
[
"思",
"おも"
],
[
"日",
"ひ"
],
[
"夜",
"よ"
],
[
"更",
"ふ"
]
],
"text": "年頃よく比べつる人人なむ、別れ難く思ひて、日しきりに、とかくしつつ、ののしるうちに、夜更けぬ。"
}
],
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[
"difficult",
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],
[
"hard",
"hard"
]
],
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"morpheme"
]
}
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{
"ipa": "[ɡa̠ta̠i]"
}
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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"辛",
"づら"
]
],
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}
],
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"Daijirin"
],
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}
{
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{
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[
"易",
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],
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}
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}
],
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{
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{
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"form": "no-table-tags",
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{
"form": "ja-i",
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"form": "難かろ",
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"form": "にくかろ",
"source": "conjugation",
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"stem"
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"form": "-nikukaro",
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"form": "難く",
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"source": "conjugation",
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{
"form": "-nikui",
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"terminative"
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{
"form": "難い",
"source": "conjugation",
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"attributive",
"stem"
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{
"form": "にくい",
"source": "conjugation",
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"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"attributive"
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},
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"form": "難けれ",
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"stem"
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},
{
"form": "にくけれ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
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},
{
"form": "-nikukere",
"source": "conjugation",
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"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "難かれ",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "にくかれ",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"stem"
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{
"form": "-nikukare",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative"
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},
{
"form": "難くない",
"source": "conjugation",
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"informal",
"negative"
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},
{
"form": "にくくない",
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"form": "-nikuku nai",
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"informal",
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},
{
"form": "難かった",
"source": "conjugation",
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"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "にくかった",
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"informal",
"past"
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"form": "-nikukatta",
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},
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"form": "難くなかった",
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},
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{
"form": "-nikuku nakatta",
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"past"
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},
{
"form": "難いです",
"source": "conjugation",
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"formal"
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},
{
"form": "にくいです",
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},
{
"form": "-nikui desu",
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"form": "難くないです",
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"form": "難かったです",
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},
{
"form": "にくかったです",
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"form": "-nikukatta desu",
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"form": "難くなかったです",
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"past"
]
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{
"form": "-nikuku nakatta desu",
"source": "conjugation",
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"formal",
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"past"
]
},
{
"form": "難くて",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "にくくて",
"source": "conjugation",
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"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "-nikukute",
"source": "conjugation",
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"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "難ければ",
"source": "conjugation",
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"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "にくければ",
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"conditional"
]
},
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"form": "-nikukereba",
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]
},
{
"form": "難かったら",
"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
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"form": "にくかったら",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past"
]
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"form": "-nikukattara",
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{
"form": "難かろう",
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},
{
"form": "にくかろう",
"source": "conjugation",
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},
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"form": "-nikukarō",
"source": "conjugation",
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"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "難く",
"source": "conjugation",
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"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "にくく",
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"adverbial"
]
},
{
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"form": "難さ",
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"form": "にくさ",
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"text": "This suffix attaches to the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of a verb to express the difficulty of doing the action."
}
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"Japanese lemmas",
"Japanese links with manual fragments",
"Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese suffixes",
"Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
"Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
"Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
"Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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},
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"form": "難い",
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},
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"form": "katakere",
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},
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"form": "難かれ",
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"form": "かたかれ",
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"form": "katakare",
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"form": "難くない",
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},
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},
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"form": "難くなかった",
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},
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"form": "難くないです",
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{
"form": "難くて",
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},
{
"form": "かたくて",
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]
},
{
"form": "katakute",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "難ければ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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},
{
"form": "かたければ",
"source": "conjugation",
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},
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"form": "katakereba",
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"form": "難かったら",
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{
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{
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"volitional"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"volitional"
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"adverbial"
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"ref": "c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 14, poem 3401:",
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[
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[
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"う"
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[
"伎",
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[
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"を"
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[
"流",
"る"
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[
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"ふ"
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[
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[
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[
"許",
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[
"藝",
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[
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[
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"な"
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[
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"ふ"
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[
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[
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[
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[
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[
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"し"
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[
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"け"
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[
"布",
"ふ"
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[
"尓",
"に"
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[
"思",
"し"
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[
"安",
"あ"
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[
"良",
"ら"
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[
"受",
"ず"
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[
"波",
"は"
]
],
"text": "中麻奈尓、宇伎乎流布祢能、許藝弖奈婆、安布許等可多思、家布尓思安良受波",
"type": "quote"
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"form": "難い",
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"hypothetical",
"stem"
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{
"form": "がたけれ",
"source": "conjugation",
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"hypothetical",
"stem"
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"form": "-gatakere",
"source": "conjugation",
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"form": "難かれ",
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"form": "がたかれ",
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"form": "-gatakare",
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"form": "難くない",
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"form": "難かった",
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"form": "-gataku nakatta",
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"past"
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"form": "難いです",
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{
"form": "がたいです",
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{
"form": "-gatai desu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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{
"form": "難くないです",
"source": "conjugation",
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"formal",
"negative"
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"negative"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"negative"
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"form": "難かったです",
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"formal",
"past"
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{
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"past"
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"negative",
"past"
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{
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"formal",
"negative",
"past"
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{
"form": "-gataku nakatta desu",
"source": "conjugation",
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"formal",
"negative",
"past"
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},
{
"form": "難くて",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
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},
{
"form": "がたくて",
"source": "conjugation",
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"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "-gatakute",
"source": "conjugation",
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"conjunctive"
]
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"form": "難ければ",
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"conditional"
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"form": "がたければ",
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"form": "難かったら",
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"form": "難かろう",
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"volitional"
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"form": "難く",
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{
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"adverbial"
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{
"form": "難さ",
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{
"text": "This suffix attaches to the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of a verb to express the difficulty of doing the action."
},
{
"english": "Those who were close for many years found it difficult to part, and while boisterously getting things done all day, the night deepened.",
"ref": "c. 935: Tosa Nikki, page 3",
"roman": "Toshigoro yoku kurabetsuru hitobito namu, wakaregataku omoite, hi shikiri ni, tokaku shitsutsu, nonoshiru uchi ni, yo fukenu.",
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[
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[
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[
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[
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[
"日",
"ひ"
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[
"夜",
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[
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"ふ"
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"text": "年頃よく比べつる人人なむ、別れ難く思ひて、日しきりに、とかくしつつ、ののしるうちに、夜更けぬ。"
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"form": "難い",
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"stem"
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{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"attributive"
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{
"form": "難けれ",
"source": "conjugation",
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"stem"
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{
"form": "にくけれ",
"source": "conjugation",
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"hypothetical",
"stem"
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"form": "-nikukere",
"source": "conjugation",
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"hypothetical"
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{
"form": "難かれ",
"source": "conjugation",
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"stem"
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{
"form": "にくかれ",
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"imperative",
"stem"
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{
"form": "-nikukare",
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"imperative"
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{
"form": "難くない",
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"negative"
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"form": "にくくない",
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"form": "-nikuku nai",
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"form": "難かった",
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"past"
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"past"
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{
"form": "難いです",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "にくいです",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "-nikui desu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "難くないです",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "にくくないです",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "-nikuku nai desu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "難かったです",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "にくかったです",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "-nikukatta desu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "難くなかったです",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "にくくなかったです",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "-nikuku nakatta desu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "難くて",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "にくくて",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "-nikukute",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "難ければ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "にくければ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "-nikukereba",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "難かったら",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "にくかったら",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "-nikukattara",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "難かろう",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "にくかろう",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "-nikukarō",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "難く",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "にくく",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "-nikuku",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "難さ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "にくさ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "-nikusa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "suffix",
"2": "にくい",
"infl": "i"
},
"expansion": "難(にく)い • (-nikui) -i (adverbial 難(にく)く (-nikuku))",
"name": "ja-pos"
}
],
"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": "-にく",
"lemma": "難",
"provisional": "かったら",
"terminal": "い",
"volitional": "かろう"
},
"name": "ja-adj-infl"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "suffix",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "This suffix attaches to the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of a verb to express the difficulty of doing the action."
}
],
"glosses": [
"difficult or hard to do (emphasis on the disagreeability of performing the action)"
],
"links": [
[
"difficult",
"difficult"
],
[
"hard",
"hard"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ɲ̟ikɯ̟i]"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"english": "painful to do; emphasis on",
"roman": "-zurai",
"ruby": [
[
"辛",
"づら"
]
],
"word": "辛い"
},
{
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "悪い"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Daijirin"
],
"word": "難い"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 難い meaning in Japanese (24.2kB)
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"trace": ""
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