difficult

難しい

行うにも理解するにも、多くの努力や技術が必要な。

やさしい英語で： Something needs a lot of effort or skill to do or understand.

• This question is difficult.
• We had a difficult journey home.
• Is it difficult to learn Japanese?

使い方： difficult to do something (This book is difficult to read.); difficult for someone (The climb was difficult for us.); find something difficult (I find spelling difficult.)

類義語： hard, challenging

反対語： easy

よく使う表現： difficult question, difficult task, difficult to understand

気難しい、扱いにくい

協力を嫌がったり、言動で問題を起こしたりする。

やさしい英語で： Someone refuses to help or behaves in a way that causes problems.

• Please stop being difficult.
• He can be difficult when tired.
• The staff handled a difficult customer calmly.

使い方： difficult to deal with (Some customers are difficult to deal with.)

類義語： uncooperative, troublesome

反対語： cooperative

よく使う表現： difficult customer, be difficult, difficult child