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読み方 むずかしい

形容詞相当語句

1

（＝困難）hard; difficult

用例

• こりゃむずかしい仕事だ
  It is a hard task―a laborious task―a tough job.

• むずかしい問題だ
  It is a hard question―a puzzling question―a perplexing problem―a stiff question.
• あの人はむずかしい言葉を使う
  He uses hard words―long words.
• この本はむずかしい
  The books is hard to read―difficult to understand.
• 漢字はむずかしい
  Chinese characters are hard to learn―difficult to learn―troublesome to learn.
• 今日の課業はむずかしかった
  We had a hard lesson―a stiff lesson―a long lesson―today.
• 君はむずかしいことばかり言っている
  You are always making difficulties.
• お役所はむずかしいものだ
  Officials will make difficulties.
• 話がむずかしくなってきた
  The matter is getting perplexed―becoming complicated.
• 君は物事をむずかしく考え過ぎる（からいけない）
  You take thing too seriously.
• 彼はなにかむずかしいことを言った
  He said something unintelligible.

2

（＝気むずかしい）hard to please; hard to deal with; fastidious; difficult; particular （about anything）

用例

• 彼はむずかし屋だ
  He is hard to please―a difficult man to deal with―a difficult customer.

• 親父は着物はかまわないが食物はむずかしい
  My father is careless about his dress, but particular about his food.
• 僕はむずかしい人間じゃない
  I am not hard to please―quite easy to deal with.

3

（＝疑わしい、望みが無い）doubtful; hopeless

用例

• 病人の回復はむずかしい
  His recovery is doubtful.

• むずかしい病人だ
  He is a hopeless case―a gone case.
• 明日までむずかしい
  He may not live till tomorrow―not last through the night.
• この夏中むずかしい
  He may not live through the summer―not last through the summer―not survive the summer.
• むずかしい天気だ
  It is doubtful weather.
• 成功はむずかしい
  Success is doubtful.

4

用例

• むずかしい顔
  a glum face
  a glum look

• 彼はむずかしい顔ばかりしている
  He always looks glum.