In Japanese, "difficult" is 難しい (muzukashii). It is a adjective pronounced "moo-zoo-kah-shee-ee".
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難しい is written in kanji and hiragana. Romanised as muzukashii, it sounds roughly like "moo-zoo-kah-shee-ee" to an English ear.
この問題はとても難しいです。
Kono mondai wa totemo muzukashii desu.
This problem is very difficult.
Muzukashii (難しい) is an i-adjective meaning difficult or hard. It is used for tasks, questions, and situations. The opposite is kantan (simple) or yasashii (easy).
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Buy on Steam難しい is romanised as muzukashii. Say it roughly like "moo-zoo-kah-shee-ee" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
難しい is an i-adjective. The form shown is the plain form, which works in casual speech. To make it polite, add desu at the end of the sentence. The word itself does not change.
難しい is written using kanji and hiragana. Kanji characters carry the core meaning; any hiragana or katakana that follow show grammatical endings.
This word is part of the vocabulary taught in the Japanese language learning game Noun Town, where words are introduced through play rather than memorisation.
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