難かたし

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Meanings

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ku-adjective (archaic)

difficult; hard

archaic

Archaic form of 難い (かたい). Used in classical Japanese; in modern language, 難しい (むずかしい) or 困難 (こんなん) are more common.

See also: 難い

古こ語ごでは「難かたし」と書かいて「かたし」と読よむ。
In classical Japanese, 難し is written and read as かたし.
「難かたし」は現げん代だい語ごの「難むずかしい」に相そう当とうする古ふるい形けい容よう詞しだ。
難し is an old adjective equivalent to modern 難しい.

Expressions· 9

人じん生せい行こう路ろ難かたしlife is hard; life is not easy
故こ郷きょう忘ぼうじ難がたしthere is no place like home; home is sweet to an exile
曰いわく言いい難がたしit is hard to explain; it is hard to say
孤こ掌しょう鳴ならし難がたしone cannot live solely by oneself; one cannot accomplish anything solely by oneself
兄けいたり難がたく弟ていたり難がたしboth are equally excellent; hard to say which is better

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創そう業ぎょうは易やすく守しゅ成せいは難かたしstarting a business is easy; keeping it going is hard
言いうは易やすく行おこなうは難かたしeasier said than done
少しょう年ねん老おい易やすく学がく成なり難がたしstudy hard while you are young

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