難しい

• 読み: むずかしい
• ローマ字: muzukashii
• 漢字の分解: 難 (nan/muzuka) — difficult, trouble, hardship
• 発音: /mɯ.zɯ.ka.ɕi.i/

意味

Difficult; hard; complicated. Used for tasks, problems, or situations that require effort to handle.

An i-adjective expressing difficulty or complexity. It applies to intellectual challenges (難しい問題, a hard problem), practical tasks (難しい料理, a difficult dish to cook), and even interpersonal situations (難しい人, a difficult person). The antonym is 易しい (yasashii, easy). Conjugates regularly: 難しくない, 難しかった.

例文

1. この漢字は難しいです。
2. 日本語のテストは難しかったです。
3. 難しい本を読んでいます。

使い方ガイド

場面: school, study, daily life

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese. The kanji 難 originally meant 'disaster' or 'hardship,' and its meaning broadened to include general difficulty. It combines 革 (leather) and 隹 (bird), suggesting something hard to catch.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal