"難し" meaning in Japanese

See 難し in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ka̠ta̠ɕi]
Head templates: {{ja-adj|かたし|infl=ku}} 難(かた)し • (katashi) ^†-ku Inflection templates: {{ja-conj-bungo|かた|adj-ku}} Forms: 難し [canonical] (ruby: (かた)), katashi [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], 難く [irrealis, stem], 難から [irrealis, stem], かたく [irrealis, stem], かたから [irrealis, stem], kataku [irrealis], katakara [irrealis], 難く [continuative, stem], 難かり [continuative, stem], かたく [continuative, stem], かたかり [continuative, stem], kataku [continuative], katakari [continuative], 難し [stem, terminative], かたし [stem, terminative], katasi [terminative], 難き [attributive, stem], 難かる [attributive, stem], かたき [attributive, stem], かたかる [attributive, stem], kataki [attributive], katakaru [attributive], 難けれ [realis, stem], かたけれ [realis, stem], katakere [realis], 難かれ [imperative, stem], かたかれ [imperative, stem], katakare [imperative], 難からず [negative], かたからず [negative], katakarazu [negative], 難けれど [contrastive], かたけれど [contrastive], katakeredo [contrastive], 難ければ [causative], かたければ [causative], katakereba [causative], 難くば [conditional], かたくば [conditional], katakuba [conditional], 難かりき [past], かたかりき [past], katakariki [past], 難かりけり [past], かたかりけり [past], katakarikeri [past], 難く [adverbial], かたく [adverbial], kataku [adverbial]
  1. Classical Japanese form of 難い (katai, “difficult”) Tags: Classical, Japanese, alt-of Alternative form of: 難い (extra: katai, “difficult”)
    Sense id: en-難し-ja-adj-g8b9khfB Categories (other): Classical Japanese, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 51 49 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 51 49 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 51 49 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 51 49 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

IPA: [ɡa̠ta̠ɕi]
Head templates: {{ja-adj|がたし|infl=ku|rom=-gatashi}} 難(がた)し • (-gatashi) ^†-ku Inflection templates: {{ja-conj-bungo|-がた|adj-ku}} Forms: 難し [canonical] (ruby: (がた)), -gatashi [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], 難く [irrealis, stem], 難から [irrealis, stem], がたく [irrealis, stem], がたから [irrealis, stem], -gataku [irrealis], -gatakara [irrealis], 難く [continuative, stem], 難かり [continuative, stem], がたく [continuative, stem], がたかり [continuative, stem], -gataku [continuative], -gatakari [continuative], 難し [stem, terminative], がたし [stem, terminative], -gatasi [terminative], 難き [attributive, stem], 難かる [attributive, stem], がたき [attributive, stem], がたかる [attributive, stem], -gataki [attributive], -gatakaru [attributive], 難けれ [realis, stem], がたけれ [realis, stem], -gatakere [realis], 難かれ [imperative, stem], がたかれ [imperative, stem], -gatakare [imperative], 難からず [negative], がたからず [negative], -gatakarazu [negative], 難けれど [contrastive], がたけれど [contrastive], -gatakeredo [contrastive], 難ければ [causative], がたければ [causative], -gatakereba [causative], 難くば [conditional], がたくば [conditional], -gatakuba [conditional], 難かりき [past], がたかりき [past], -gatakariki [past], 難かりけり [past], がたかりけり [past], -gatakarikeri [past], 難く [adverbial], がたく [adverbial], -gataku [adverbial]
  1. Classical Japanese form of 難い (-gatai, “difficult to do”) Tags: Classical, Japanese, alt-of Alternative form of: 難い (extra: -gatai, “difficult to do”) Related terms: 難い (katai) (ruby: (かた))
    Sense id: en-難し-ja-adj-xINB7BVt Categories (other): Classical Japanese, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 51 49 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 51 49 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 51 49 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 51 49 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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      "form": "難し",
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      "form": "難から",
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      "form": "かたく",
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      "form": "kataku",
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      "form": "katakara",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "irrealis"
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      "form": "難く",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "難かり",
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      "form": "かたく",
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      ]
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      "form": "かたかり",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kataku",
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        "continuative"
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      "form": "katakari",
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        "stem",
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    },
    {
      "form": "katasi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "難き",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "難かる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "かたき",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "かたかる",
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        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kataki",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katakaru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "難けれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたけれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katakere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "難かれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたかれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katakare",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "難からず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたからず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katakarazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "難けれど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたけれど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katakeredo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "難ければ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたければ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katakereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "難くば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたくば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katakuba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "難かりき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたかりき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katakariki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "難かりけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたかりけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katakarikeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "難く",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたく",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kataku",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    }
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        "infl": "ku"
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          "word": "難い"
        }
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          "kind": "other",
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          "_dis": "51 49",
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      "glosses": [
        "Classical Japanese form of 難い (katai, “difficult”)"
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      "id": "en-難し-ja-adj-g8b9khfB",
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          "Classical Japanese",
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          "difficult",
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        ]
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        "Classical",
        "Japanese",
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠ta̠ɕi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "難し"
}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "難し",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "難",
          "がた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gatashi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "難く",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "難から",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がたく",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がたから",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gataku",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gatakara",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "難く",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "難かり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がたく",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がたかり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gataku",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gatakari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "難し",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がたし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gatasi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "難き",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "難かる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がたき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がたかる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gataki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gatakaru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "難けれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がたけれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gatakere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "難かれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がたかれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gatakare",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "難からず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がたからず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gatakarazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "難けれど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がたけれど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gatakeredo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "難ければ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がたければ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gatakereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "難くば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がたくば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gatakuba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "難かりき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がたかりき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gatakariki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "難かりけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がたかりけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-gatakarikeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "難く",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がたく",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
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}

Download raw JSONL data for 難し meaning in Japanese (10.2kB)

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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "難し",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "難し"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "難し",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/2530",
  "msg": "accepted heuristic header: table cell identified as header based on style, AND the cleaned text is in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Japanese]; cleaned text: ^([1])Without auxiliary verb. ^([2])With auxiliary verb., style: text-align:left;////NodeKind.TABLE_CELL",
  "path": [
    "難し"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "難し",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-02 using wiktextract (f2d86ce and 633533e). 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.