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JLPT N5i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

難むずかしい

muzukashii

difficult

Example sentences

  1. 英語えいごは難むずかしいですね。

    English is difficult, isn’t it?

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  2. 私わたしは彼女かのじょに難むずかしい質問しつもんをした。

    I asked her a difficult question.

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  3. 難むずかしすぎる。

    It’s too difficult.

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Kanji in 難

  • 難difficult; impossibleOnナンKunかたい・むずかしい・むづかしい

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