"むずい" meaning in Japanese

See むずい in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [mɯ̟zɨi]
Etymology: Compare the development of はずい (hazui) from 恥(は)ずかしい (hazukashii). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|はずい}} はずい (hazui), {{ja-r|恥ずかしい|はずかし.い}} 恥(は)ずかしい (hazukashii) Head templates: {{ja-adj|ムズい|infl=i}} むずい or ムズい • (muzui) -i (adverbial むずく (muzuku)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|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=|lemma=むず|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: むずい [canonical], ムズい [canonical], muzui [romanization], むずく [adverbial], no-table-tags [table-tags], むずかろ [imperfective, stem], muzukaro [imperfective, stem], むずく [continuative, stem], muzuku [continuative, stem], むずい [stem, terminative], muzui [stem, terminative], むずい [attributive, stem], muzui [attributive, stem], むずけれ [hypothetical, stem], muzukere [hypothetical, stem], むずかれ [imperative, stem], muzukare [imperative, stem], むずくない [informal, negative], muzuku nai [informal, negative], むずかった [informal, past], muzukatta [informal, past], むずくなかった [informal, negative, past], muzuku nakatta [informal, negative, past], むずいです [formal], muzui desu [formal], むずくないです [formal, negative], muzuku nai desu [formal, negative], むずかったです [formal, past], muzukatta desu [formal, past], むずくなかったです [formal, negative, past], muzuku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], むずくて [conjunctive], muzukute [conjunctive], むずければ [conditional], muzukereba [conditional], むずかったら [conditional, past], muzukattara [conditional, past], むずかろう [volitional], muzukarō [volitional], むずく [adverbial], muzuku [adverbial], むずさ [noun-from-adj], muzusa [noun-from-adj]
  1. (slang) Alternative form of むずかしい (muzukashii) Tags: alt-of, alternative, slang Alternative form of: むずかしい (extra: muzukashii) Derived forms: げきむず (gekimuzu)
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "はずい"
      },
      "expansion": "はずい (hazui)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "恥ずかしい",
        "2": "はずかし.い"
      },
      "expansion": "恥(は)ずかしい (hazukashii)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare the development of はずい (hazui) from 恥(は)ずかしい (hazukashii).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "むずい",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ムズい",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzui",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むずく",
      "roman": "muzuku",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むずかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzukaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むずく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzuku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むずい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzui",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むずい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzui",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むずけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzukere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むずかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzukare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むずくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzuku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むずかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzukatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むずくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzuku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むずいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzui desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むずくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzuku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むずかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzukatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むずくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzuku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むずくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzukute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むずければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzukereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むずかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzukattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むずかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzukarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むずく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzuku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むずさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzusa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ムズい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "むずい or ムズい • (muzui) -i (adverbial むずく (muzuku))",
      "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": "",
        "lemma": "むず",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "muzukashii",
          "word": "むずかしい"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "gekimuzu",
          "word": "げきむず"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of むずかしい (muzukashii)"
      ],
      "id": "en-むずい-ja-adj-HVeB3g4t",
      "links": [
        [
          "むずかしい",
          "むずかしい#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) Alternative form of むずかしい (muzukashii)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "むずい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɯ̟zɨi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "むずい"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "gekimuzu",
      "word": "げきむず"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "はずい"
      },
      "expansion": "はずい (hazui)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "恥ずかしい",
        "2": "はずかし.い"
      },
      "expansion": "恥(は)ずかしい (hazukashii)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare the development of はずい (hazui) from 恥(は)ずかしい (hazukashii).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "むずい",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ムズい",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzui",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むずく",
      "roman": "muzuku",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むずかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzukaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むずく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzuku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むずい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzui",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むずい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzui",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むずけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzukere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むずかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzukare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むずくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzuku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むずかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzukatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むずくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzuku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むずいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzui desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むずくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzuku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むずかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzukatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むずくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzuku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むずくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzukute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むずければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzukereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むずかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzukattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むずかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzukarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むずく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzuku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むずさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzusa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ムズい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "むずい or ムズい • (muzui) -i (adverbial むずく (muzuku))",
      "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": "",
        "lemma": "むず",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "muzukashii",
          "word": "むずかしい"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Japanese adjectives",
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese hiragana",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with manual fragments",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese slang",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese い-i adjectives",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of むずかしい (muzukashii)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "むずかしい",
          "むずかしい#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) Alternative form of むずかしい (muzukashii)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "むずい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɯ̟zɨi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "むずい"
}

Download raw JSONL data for むずい meaning in Japanese (5.4kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (92124b4 and f1c2b61). 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.