難い
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Japanese [edit]
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| 難 |
Etymology [edit]
From the attributive form of the Early Middle Japanese adjective katashi: /kataki/ > /katai/, with the medial /-k-/ falling out.
Adjective [edit]
難い (い-i inflection, hiragana かたい, romaji katai)
- difficult
Adjective [edit]
難い (い-i inflection, hiragana がたい, romaji gatai)
- a suffix attaching to the adverbial form of a verb and expressing the difficulty of doing the action
- c. 935: Tosa Nikki (page 3)
- 年頃よく比べつる人々なむ、別れ難く思ひて、日しきりに、とかくしつゝ、のゝしるうちに、夜更けぬ。
- c. 935: Tosa Nikki (page 3)
Antonyms [edit]
- (difficult): 易い (やすい, yasui)
References [edit]
- 1989, Masaharu Hasegawa; Yūichirō Imanishi, Hiroshi Itō, Hiroshi Yoshioka, Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 24: Tosa Nikki, Kagerō Nikki, Murasaki Shikibu Nikki, Sarashina Nikki, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-00-240024-7:
