Japanese Word Entry

難しい

Simplified Japanese form: 難しい

Kana:むずかしい
Romaji:muzukashii
Definitions:
  1. difficult, hard, troublesome, complicated, serious (disease, problem, etc.)

  2. impossible, unfeasible

  3. fussy, particular, fastidious, hard to please, displeased

  4. gloomy, glum, sullen, serious (look)

  5. dirty, unclean, filthy, detestable

  6. unpleasant, uncomfortable, creepy, spooky

Alternative forms: 六借しい 、 六ヶ敷い
Alternative reading: むつかしい (mutsukashii)

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Chinese characters used in this word

difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect, arduous, hard, unable
Readings
Mandarin: ㄋㄢˊ (nán), ㄋㄢˋ (nàn), ㄋㄨㄛˊ (nuó)
Cantonese: naan4, naan6
Japanese: ナン (nan) / かた.い (katai)、 -がた.い (-gatai)、 むずか.しい (muzukashii)、 むづか.しい (mudukashii)、 むつか.しい (mutsukashii)、 -にく.い (-nikui)
Korean: 난 (nan), 나 (na)
Vietnamese: nan, nạn
Variants
Simplified Chinese form:
Simplified Japanese form:

six, number six
Readings
Mandarin: ㄌㄧㄡˋ (liù), ㄌㄨˋ (lù)
Cantonese: luk6
Japanese: ロク (roku)、 リク (riku) / む (mu)、 む.つ (mutsu)、 むっ.つ (muttsu)、 むい (mui)、 むたび (mutabi)
Korean: 륙 (ryug), 육 (yug)
Vietnamese: lục

borrow, rent, lend, make pretext of
Readings
Mandarin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ (jiè)
Cantonese: ze3
Japanese: シャク (shaku)、 シャ (sha)、 セキ (seki) / か.りる (kariru)、 かり (kari)、 たとい (tatoi)
Korean: 차 (cha), 적 (jeog)
Vietnamese:
Variants
Semantic variant form:

spread, pave, sit, promulgate, diffuse, apply, paint
Readings
Mandarin: ㄈㄨ (fū)
Cantonese: fu1
Japanese: フ (fu) / し.く (shiku)、 -し.き (-shiki)、 しき (shiki)
Korean: 부 (bu)
Vietnamese: phu
Variants
Semantic variant form: