言い辛い · i-adjective
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 言い辛い | 言い辛くない |
| Polite | 言い辛いです | 言い辛くないですalso 言い辛くありません |
| Past polite | 言い辛かったです | 言い辛くなかったですalso 言い辛くありませんでした |
| Past | 言い辛かった | 言い辛くなかった |
| Te-form | 言い辛くて | 言い辛くなくて |
| Adverbial | 言い辛く | |
| Conditional | 言い辛ければ | 言い辛くなければ |
| Tara conditional | 言い辛かったら | 言い辛くなかったら |
difficult to say; hard to bring up
Used when a topic is emotionally or socially awkward to mention, not for physical difficulty speaking.
It's hard to say the truth.
It's difficult to bring up the topic of money with him.
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling.
Common variant using kana for づらい.
Less common abbreviated kanji form.
Compound of 言い (stem of 言う 'to say') and 辛い (suffix meaning 'difficult to do').