難い
がたい · katai
Difficult, hard
- difficult to ..., hard to ...
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Conjugation
| Negative (ない形) | 難くないがたくない |
| Past (た形) | 難かったがたかった |
| Past negative (なかった) | 難くなかったがたくなかった |
| Te-form (て形) | 難くてがたくて |
| Adverb (副詞形) | 難くがたく |
| Before a noun (連体形) | 難いがたい |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 難ければがたければ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 難かったらがたかったら |
| Become ~ (~なる) | 難くなるがたくなる |
| Too ~ (~すぎる) | 難すぎるがたすぎる |
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What does 難い mean?
Difficult, hard. It can also mean: difficult to ..., hard to ....
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