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Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

Variations:
解き難い
解きがたい
解難い

 tokigatai
    ときがたい
(adjective) difficult to solve; intractable (problem)

Variations:
やり難い
遣り難い
遣りにくい

 yarinikui
    やりにくい
(adjective) (kana only) hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky

Variations:
考えにくい
考え難い
考え悪い

 kangaenikui
    かんがえにくい
(adjective) difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect

Variations:
聞きにくい
聞き難い
聞き悪い

 kikinikui
    ききにくい
(adjective) (1) difficult to hear; indistinct; (adjective) (2) hesitating to ask; awkward to ask; (adjective) (3) unpleasant to hear; painful to listen to

Variations:
説き難い
説きにくい
説きがたい

 tokinikui(説ki難i, 説kinikui); tokigatai(説ki難i, 説kigatai)
    ときにくい(説き難い, 説きにくい); ときがたい(説き難い, 説きがたい)
(adjective) difficult to explain

Variations:
ありがたい事に
有り難いことに
有り難い事に

 arigataikotoni
    ありがたいことに
(expression) (kana only) thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully

Variations:
し難い
為悪い(rK)
為難い(rK)

 shinikui; shigatai(shi難i, 為難i)
    しにくい; しがたい(し難い, 為難い)
(adjective) (kana only) (suru verb ending) hard to do

Variations:
やり難い
遣り難い(rK)
遣りにくい(sK)

 yarinikui
    やりにくい
(adjective) (kana only) hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky

Variations:
余人をもって代えがたい
余人をもって代え難い
余人を以て代え難い
余人を以て代えがたい

 yojinomottekaegatai
    よじんをもってかえがたい
(expression) hard to replace (with other person)

Variations:
傷つきにくい
傷付きにくい
傷つき難い
傷付き難い

 kizutsukinikui
    きずつきにくい
(adjective) scratch-resistant

Variations:
優劣つけがたい
優劣付け難い
優劣付けがたい(sK)
優劣つけ難い(sK)

 yuuretsutsukegatai / yuretsutsukegatai
    ゆうれつつけがたい
(exp,adj-i) hard to choose between (because both are excellent); equally matched; of comparable quality

Variations:
分かりにくい
分かり難い
判りにくい
解りにくい
判り難い
解り難い
分かり悪い

 wakarinikui
    わかりにくい
(adjective) (kana only) hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible

Variations:
打ち解けにくい
打ち解け難い
うち解けにくい

 uchitokenikui
    うちとけにくい
(adjective) difficult to make friends with

Variations:
甲乙つけがたい
甲乙付けがたい
甲乙付け難い

 kouotsutsukegatai / kootsutsukegatai
    こうおつつけがたい
(exp,adj-i) difficult to say which of the two is better; hard to tell which is better; (there is) little to choose between them

Variations:
筆舌に尽くしがたい
筆舌に尽くし難い
筆舌につくしがたい
筆舌につくし難い

 hitsuzetsunitsukushigatai
    ひつぜつにつくしがたい
(exp,adj-i) beyond description

Variations:
筆舌に尽くしがたい
筆舌に尽くし難い
筆舌につくしがたい(sK)
筆舌に尽しがたい(sK)
筆舌に尽し難い(sK)
筆舌につくし難い(sK)

 hitsuzetsunitsukushigatai
    ひつぜつにつくしがたい
(exp,adj-i) beyond description

Variations:
耐え難い
耐えがたい
堪え難い
堪えがたい
耐難い

 taegatai
    たえがたい
(adjective) unbearable; intolerable; unendurable

Variations:
言いがたい
言い難い
言いにくい
言難い

 iigatai(言igatai, 言i難i, 言難i); iinikui(言i難i, 言inikui, 言難i) / igatai(言igatai, 言i難i, 言難i); inikui(言i難i, 言inikui, 言難i)
    いいがたい(言いがたい, 言い難い, 言難い); いいにくい(言い難い, 言いにくい, 言難い)
(adjective) (1) hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; (adjective) (2) (esp. 言いにくい) embarrassing; delicate

Variations:
読みにくい
読み悪い
読み難い

 yominikui
    よみにくい
(adjective) hard to read; illegible

Variations:
近づきがたい
近づきにくい
近づき難い

 chikazukigatai(近zukigatai, 近zuki難i); chikazukinikui(近zukinikui, 近zuki難i)
    ちかづきがたい(近づきがたい, 近づき難い); ちかづきにくい(近づきにくい, 近づき難い)
(adjective) unapproachable; inaccessible; difficult to access

Variations:
取っつきにくい
取っ付きにくい
取っ付き難い(rK)

 tottsukinikui
    とっつきにくい
(adjective) (kana only) (ant: 取っ付きやすい) difficult to approach; inaccessible

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Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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