にくい (日本語能力試験 N4)

「にくい」の情報

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.

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.

Fun Fact

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).

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例文

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甘(あま)くないケーキは、食(た)べにくいです。
Cakes that aren't sweet are hard to eat.
アフリカには行(い)きにくいです。
It is hard to go to Africa.
怖(こわ)いことはしにくいです。
It is difficult to do scary things.
あの人(ひと)とは話(はな)しにくいです。
That person is hard to talk to. (Unapproachable)
このコップ、形(かたち)が変(へん)だから飲(の)みにくい。
Because this cup has a strange shape, it is hard to drink out of.
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「にくい」に関する文法ディスカッション

最近の返信 (合計6件)

m0g
Thanks for your comment! I came here because my first quiz question for にくい was the cake example (“甘くないケーキは、食べ______です” - “Cakes that aren’t sweet are hard to eat”), and I was immediately confused given づらい seemed to fit better with what was just explained in the lessons for the two items. Eg. I’m thinking, “cake being sweet or not does not effect the skill/experience/etc required to eat it, so this must be about the painful experience of eating a not-sweet cake - therefore, づらい”.

To try and make sure I understand your point of some of the added nuance not mentioned in the grammar points, comparing the cake example:

“甘くないケーキは、食べにくいです” has a meaning along the lines of “a cake that is not sweet is hard to eat (implied: because it is not a good cake)”?

Whereas “甘くないケーキは、食べづらいです” could also be appropriate, but the meaning would be more along the lines of “a cake that is not sweet is hard to eat (implied: because it’s unenjoyable)”?

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jesse_dylan
Woof, speaking of difficulty, the example sentences really got bumped up a notch. I don’t want to stop learning grammar just because my reading ability isn’t quite there yet; that’s part of why I’m studying grammar. Speaking of nikui… Chotto yominikui da!
gews
thats a nice one