にくい
Meanings
Adjective (い)
Suffix
Usually written in kana
1. difficult to ...; hard to ...
after the -masu stem of a verb
It is a difficult opponent to fight.
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (24 in total)
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
hard to do
difficult to approach; inaccessible
Examples (51 in total)
It's hard to say.
It's hard to believe.
It is a difficult opponent to fight.