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やりにくい (yarinikui) Japanese meaning: hard to do | Kotomora
Conjugation やりにくい · i-adjective
Form Positive Negative Dictionary やりにくい やりにくくない Polite やりにくいです やりにくくないです also やりにくくありません Past polite やりにくかったです やりにくくなかったです also やりにくくありませんでした Past やりにくかった やりにくくなかった Te-form やりにくくて やりにくくなくて Adverbial やりにくく Conditional やりにくければ やりにくくなければ Tara conditional やりにくかったら やりにくくなかったら
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この
ハサミ
は
左ひだり
利き
き
に
は
とても
やり
にくい
。
These scissors are really awkward for a left-handed person to use.
It's awkward to bring up that topic in front of the boss.
Kanji 難 difficult, impossible, trouble 遣 dispatch, despatch, send Related words 難むずか しい 難しい means 'difficult' in a general intellectual or problem-solving sense, while やりにくい focuses on physical or social awkwardness and resistance to smooth execution.
しにくい しにくい is a more general suffix meaning 'hard to do' attached to verb stems, whereas やりにくい specifically uses the verb やる and often carries a nuance of awkwardness or discomfort.
Written forms やり 難にく い
Kanji spelling using 難い; less common than kana but still encountered.
遣や り 難にく い
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
Etymology Compound of the verb stem やり (from やる, 'to do') + にくい ('difficult to, hard to'). The combination is transparent and follows a productive pattern.
