出にくい · i-adjective
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 出にくい | 出にくくない |
| Polite | 出にくいです | 出にくくないですalso 出にくくありません |
| Past polite | 出にくかったです | 出にくくなかったですalso 出にくくありませんでした |
| Past | 出にくかった | 出にくくなかった |
| Te-form | 出にくくて | 出にくくなくて |
| Adverbial | 出にくく | |
| Conditional | 出にくければ | 出にくくなければ |
| Tara conditional | 出にくかったら | 出にくくなかったら |
hard to come out; difficult to occur; unlikely to happen
Describes something that does not emerge, appear, or happen easily. Often used for physical emergence, occurrence of events, or expression of feelings.
This door is old and hard to open, and it doesn't make sound easily either.
He has difficulty getting words out in front of people.
Standard spelling using the common kanji 出 and the auxiliary adjective にくい.
Rare kanji spelling using 難い; the kana form にくい is overwhelmingly preferred for the auxiliary adjective.
Compound of 出 (de, 'come out') + にくい (nikui, 'difficult to do'). The auxiliary adjective にくい attaches to the masu-stem of verbs to express objective difficulty.