怖（こわ）いことはしにくいです。

難（むずか）しい漢字（かんじ）は覚（おぼ）えにくい。

甘（あま）くないケーキは食（た）べにくい。

アフリカには行（い）きにくいです。

あの人（ひと）とは話（はな）しにくいです。

このコップ、形（かたち）が変（へん）だから飲（の）みにくい。

この会社（かいしゃ）は働（はたら）きにくいけど、働（はたら）かなくてはいけない。

日本語（にほんご）は話（はな）しにくいですが、頑張（がんば）ります。

まだ慣（な）れていないからやりにくい。

緊張（きんちょう）して声（こえ）が出（で）にくい。

性格（せいかく）が元彼女（もとかのじょ）に似（に）ているから、話（はな）しにくい。

遠（とお）いから日本（にほん）には行（い）きにくいけど、行（い）くつもりだ。

<div class='writeup-body'>Like 易（やす）い, にくい is an い-Adjective that is regularly attached to the ます stem of verbs. However, instead of meaning 'easy to (A)', it means 'difficult to (A)'. (A) will always represent the verb that comes before にくい.<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>この駐車場（ちゅうしゃじょう）は狭（せま）いから止（と）めにくい。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>This parking lot is very cramped, so it is difficult to park.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>今日（きょう）は具合（ぐあい）が悪（わる）いから呼吸（こきゅう）がしにくい。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>Because I am not feeling well today, it is hard to breathe.</div></li></ul>The nuance of にくい is that (A) is a task that is difficult to do, because of the required skill level, or similar factors. This is different from づらい, which focuses more on a task that is difficult due to being unbearable/hard to endure for some reason.<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>私（わたし）には英語（えいご）の「Literally」という単語（たんご）がとても言（い）いにくい。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>For me, the English word 'literally' is very hard to say. (Hard due to the individual's skill level)</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>お前（まえ）には本当（ほんとう）に言（い）いづらいけど、お前（まえ）のギターを壊（こわ）した。ごめん。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>This is very difficult for me to say to you, but I broke your guitar. I'm sorry. (Hard because the speaker knows that telling the listener will cause a negative response)</div></li></ul><div class='writeup-funfact'><div class='funfact-header'>Fun Fact</div>An easy way to remember the difference in nuance between にくい and づらい, is that にくい comes from the same kanji as 難（むずか）しい, which usually carries the meaning of 'difficulty' (in relation to skill being required).</div></div>

Grammar Info

にくい

Difficult to, Hard to