難い

にくい

difficult to ...

N1 #15,262

Meanings

  1. suffix, i-adjective, usually in kana, after the -masu stem of a verb difficult to ...; hard to ...

かたい

  1. i-adjective, formal difficult; hard

がたい

  1. suffix, i-adjective, usually in kana, after the -masu stem of a verb very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...

Its kanji

In sentences

彼かれは救すくい難にくい。 He's beyond help. #108449

その質問しつもんは答こたえ難にくいな。 That question is difficult to answer. #10628798

これは始末しまつの難にくい問題もんだいだ。 This is a difficult problem to solve. #218390

大阪おおさかの方言ほうげんは聞きき取とり難にくい。 It's hard to catch words in the Osakan dialect. #137547

真しんの友とも情じょうは千金せんきんにも代かえ難にくい。 True friendship is priceless. #144995

私わたしは彼あの墓はかを立たち去さり難にくかった。 I hesitated to leave his grave. #153801