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読みにくい (よみにくい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

読よみにくい

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み

に

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い

Common word

Meanings

1

i-adjective

hard to read; illegible

Describes text that is difficult to read due to handwriting, font, complexity, or poor condition.

このメモは字じが汚きたなくて読よみにくい。
This note is hard to read because the handwriting is messy.
小ちいさい文も字じは読よみにくいので、拡かく大だいし

て

ください

。

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Written forms

読よみにくい
Standard and most common spelling. Uses にくい for 'difficult to'.
読よみ悪にくい
Rare variant using 悪い; may be encountered but is not standard.
読よみ難にくい
Uses 難い for 'difficult'; less common than 読みにくい but still seen.

Kanji

読read
悪bad, vice, rascal
難difficult, impossible, trouble

Similar words

読よみやすい
Antonym meaning 'easy to read'. 読みにくい focuses on difficulty, while 読みやすい indicates legibility or readability.

Etymology

Compound of 読み (the continuative form of 読む 'to read') + にくい ('difficult to'). The にくい suffix attaches to verb stems to express that an action is hard to perform.