also: ちかづきにくい
近づきがたい · i-adjective
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 近づきがたい | 近づきがたくない |
| Polite | 近づきがたいです | 近づきがたくないですalso 近づきがたくありません |
| Past polite | 近づきがたかったです | 近づきがたくなかったですalso 近づきがたくありませんでした |
| Past | 近づきがたかった | 近づきがたくなかった |
| Te-form | 近づきがたくて | 近づきがたくなくて |
| Adverbial | 近づきがたく | |
| Conditional | 近づきがたければ | 近づきがたくなければ |
| Tara conditional | 近づきがたかったら | 近づきがたくなかったら |
unapproachable; inaccessible; hard to get close to
Describes a person, place, or thing that is difficult to approach physically or emotionally. Often implies a barrier of formality, aloofness, or literal inaccessibility.
He always has a blank expression and an unapproachable air about him.
その山頂は険しくて近づきがたい。
The summit of that mountain is steep and inaccessible.
The president had an air about him that made people hesitate to approach.
She was seen as an unapproachable figure throughout the school.
親しみやすい means easy to warm up to and approach, the opposite of 近づきがたい, which means hard to get close to.
Standard spelling using the auxiliary がたい to express difficulty.
Variant using にくい; slightly more colloquial and emphasizes practical difficulty.
Kanji spelling for がたい; less common and may be seen in formal or literary contexts.
Compound of 近づく (to approach) + がたい (difficult to do). The がたい suffix is attached to the masu-stem of verbs to express that an action is hard to perform, often due to inherent or emotional reasons.