Definition of 難い (にくい)

にく

難い

にくい

nikui

suffix, adjective
difficult to ..., hard to ...(usually kana)(after -masu stem of verb)
Other readings:
にくい《悪い》
がたい《難い》
Related Kanji
difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect
bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong
Conjugations
adjective
Plain
Polite
Negative
Negative (Polite)
Present Indicative - Non-past, present and future tense
難い
にくい
nikui
難いです
にくいです
nikuidesu
難くない
にくくない
nikukunai
難くありません
にくくありません
nikukuarimasen

難くないです
にくくないです
nikukunaidesu
Past Indicative - Perfective, past-tense
難かった
にくかった
nikukatta
難かったです
にくかったです
nikukattadesu
難くなかった
にくくなかった
nikukunakatta
難くありませんでした
にくくありませんでした
nikukuarimasendeshita

難くなかったです
にくくなかったです
nikukunakattadesu
Volitional - We will.., We intend to.., Lets..
難かろう
にくかろう
nikukarou
Presumptive - Probably.. Maybe..
難いだろう
にくいだろう
nikuidarou
te-form
難くて
にくくて
nikukute
Adverb
難く
にくく
nikuku
Provisional - Hypothetical conditional, If (hypothetical)..
難ければ
にくければ
nikukereba
難くなければ
にくくなければ
nikukunakereba
Please note: These conjugation tables are auto-generated, and some forms may not be relevant or in normal usage for this word. If you find any errors please send feedback.
Example sentences(showing 1-20 of 70 results)

しょうね
少年
やす
易く
がく
にく
難し
Art is long, time is fleeting

I found it difficult to make out what she was saying

This is hard for me to say

The taller a tree is, the harder it is to climb

I find it difficult to believe

The force of the wind made it difficult to walk

The medicine is hard to swallow

しつもん
質問
こた
答え
This question is difficult to answer

This city is hard to live in

An unforgettable event occurred

It will become more and more difficult to live in the village

That is decidedly short of satisfactory

きみ
君の
しつもん
質問
ぼく
こた
答え
Your question is hard for me to answer

It's hard to imagine a life without pets

むか
しゅうか
習慣
あら
改め
とく
特に
せい
政治
Old habits die hard. This is particularly true of politics

ひとびと
人々
ぜん
自然
しき
景色
ほう
地方
せいかつ
生活
わす
忘れ
いんしょ
印象
One receives unforgettable impressions of scenery and local life

It is difficult to believe what you say

We had a hard time doing the job because he was always complaining

おそ
恐ろし
めいしょ
名称
にく
難い
It is frightening beyond description

There is, perhaps, not one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as vanity
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