also: ときがたい
説き難い · i-adjective
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 説き難い | 説き難くない |
| Polite | 説き難いです | 説き難くないですalso 説き難くありません |
| Past polite | 説き難かったです | 説き難くなかったですalso 説き難くありませんでした |
| Past | 説き難かった | 説き難くなかった |
| Te-form | 説き難くて | 説き難くなくて |
| Adverbial | 説き難く | |
| Conditional | 説き難ければ | 説き難くなければ |
| Tara conditional | 説き難かったら | 説き難くなかったら |
difficult to explain; hard to put into words
Used when a concept, feeling, or situation is inherently complex or subtle and resists easy explanation.
This phenomenon is difficult to explain in words.
His feelings were so complex that they were hard to put into words.
Standard kanji spelling using 難い for the suffix meaning 'difficult to'.
Common kana-spelling variant; often used in casual writing.
Formal/literary variant using がたい; less common in everyday speech.
Compound of the verb stem 説き (from 説く 'to explain') + the suffix 難い (にくい/がたい) meaning 'difficult to do'.