難い (gatai)

Meaning

  1. difficult

All JLPT 3 grammar : 難い(難い, gatai), difficult; hard, [I-adjective]

Usually written using kana alone

Example

日本語意味
横向きに寝ると「いびき」をかきにくい?Is snoring less likely if you sleep on your side?
噛み合う犬は呼び難し。You can’t call dogs off from a fight.
梅雨時は雨降りが多くて外出の計画が立てにくい。It rains so often in the wet season that it’s hard to plan outings.
しかし、天才であるが故に一般ピーポーから理解され難いというのは宿命とも言えるわ。However you could say that being found hard to understand by the common folk for one’s genius is fate.

Vocabulary

日本語ローマ字意味
yokohorizontal, beside
寝るneruto go to bed
合うauto fit, to match, to suit
inudog
多くookumany; much; largely; abundantly; mostly
外出gaishutsugoing out
梅雨tsuyurainy season
計画keikakuplan, project
天才tenzaigenius; prodigy; natural gift
inochilife, life force
一般ippangeneral, universal
理解rikaiunderstanding, comprehension
宿yadoinn, lodging

Kanji

漢字おんよみくんよみ意味
コウむ.く, む.い, -む.きyonder, facing
オウよこsideways, horizontal
シンね.る, ね.かす, い.ぬlie down, sleep, rest
ケンいぬ, いぬ-dog
ゴウ,ガッ,カッあ.う, -あ.う, あ.いfit, suit
よ.ぶcall, call out to
ナンかた.い, -がた.い, むずか.しいdifficult, trouble
ガイ,ゲそと, ほか, はず.すoutside
とき, -どきtime, hour
シュツ,スイで.る, -で, だ.すexit, leave, go out, come out, put out
あめ, あま-, -さめrain
ガ,カク,エ,カイえが.く, かく.する, かぎ.るpicture
ケイはか.る, はか.らうplot, plan
リツ,リュウ,リットルた.つ, -た.つ, た.ち-stand up
おお.い, まさ.に, まさ.るmany, much
コウ,ゴお.りる, お.ろす, ふ.るdescend, fall
テンあまつ, あめ, あま-heavens, sky, imperial
ゲン,ゴンい.う, ことsay, word
ことわりlogic, reason
カイ,ゲと.く, と.かす, と.けるexplanation, solve
メイ,ミョウいのちfate, destiny, life
サイgenius, years old
宿シュクやど, やど.る, やど.すinn, lodging, dwell

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