Meaning

Primary

Difficult

Alternative

Hard

Word Type

い adjective

Explanation

This is a single kanji with an on the end, meaning you know it's probably an adjective. What's the adjective form of difficult? It's also difficult.

Reading

むずかしい
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you: It's awfully difficult to load a cow into your Moo-zooka (むずか). Click. Boom!

Context

Context Sentences

それってそんなに難しいことなの?

Is that really so hard to do?

ちょっと私には難しそうだし、やめておくよ。

That sounds a little too difficult for me, so I'm not going to do it.

このゲーム、難しすぎて全然クリアできない。

This game is too difficult to clear.

Kanji Composition