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nikui
suffix, i adjective

Alternate Written Forms:

[にく()·]
nikui
[にく()·]
nikui
gatai
[がた()·]
gatai

English Meaning(s) for にくい

suffix, i adjective
  1. difficult to ...; hard to ... (after -masu stem of verb)

Definition and Synonyms for にくい

Ill Luck an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes
Synonyms: にくい, 不幸, 不運, 厄運, 否運, 御難, 悪運, 悲運, 災難, 薄命, , 難い
Hard not easy
Synonyms: にくい, むずい, 困難, 難い, 難し, 難しい
Bad having undesirable or negative qualities
Synonyms: にくい, まずい, つたない, よからぬ, 悪い, 憎い
Sorry bad
Synonyms: にくい, 悪い, 憎い, 残念, 無残, 遺憾
Difficulty the quality of being difficult
Synonyms: にくい, , 難い, 難しい, 難しさ
Catastrophe a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
Synonyms: にくい, カタストロフィー, 凶事, 凶変, 危難, , 厄災, 壊滅, 変災, 大厄, 大災, 大難, 天災, 奇禍, 惨事, 惨害, 惨禍, 災い, 災厄, 災害, 災禍, 災難, 破局, 破滅, , , 禍害, 禍言, , 難い
Evil morally bad or wrong
Synonyms: にくい, 悪い, 憎い, , , 邪悪
Ill resulting in suffering or adversity
Synonyms: にくい, 悪い, 憎い, 有害
Bad physically unsound or diseased
Synonyms: にくい, 悪い, 憎い
Execrable unequivocally detestable
Synonyms: にくい, 悪い, 憎い, 言語道断
Bad not financially safe or secure
Synonyms: にくい, 危険, 悪い, 憎い, 投機的
Inferior of low or inferior quality
Synonyms: ちんけ, にくい, 下等, 下等, 不良, 劣悪, 劣等, 悪い, 悪質, 憎い, 粗悪, 粗末
Bad below average in quality or performance
Synonyms: へた, へた, へぼ, にくい, ひどい, へぼい, まずい, むごい, つたない, へたくそ, こっぴどい, 下手, 下手, 下手, 不良, 悪い, 憎い, 拙劣, 散々
Wicked morally bad in principle or practice
Synonyms: いけず, いける, にくい, あくどい, 佞悪, 凶悪, 姦譎, 悪い, 悪質, 悪辣, 憎い, 極悪, 極道, 横道, 横道, 罪作り, 腹黒い, , , 邪悪, 邪曲
Badness used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
Synonyms: えらい, つらい, つらさ, づらい, にくい, まずい, こっぴどい, 厳しい, 厳しさ, 悪い, 悪さ, 憎い, 手ひどい, 手痛い, 苛烈, 辛い
Hardness the quality of being difficult to do
Synonyms: にくい, 難い
Badness that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
Synonyms: にくい, 不良, , , 悪い, 悪さ, 憎い
Evilness the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
Synonyms: にくい, 不善, 奸邪, , , 悪い, 悪さ, 悪質, 憎い, 横道, 横道, , , 邪悪
Dark absence of moral or spiritual values
Synonyms: にくい, 不法, 不道徳, 奸邪, 姦悪, 姦譎, , , 悪い, 憎い, 暗い, 曲悪, , , 邪悪, 邪曲,
Shortcoming a failing or deficiency
Synonyms: あら, ほぼ, ぼろ, にくい, ぼろい, デメリット, 不備, 不具合, , 欠点, 欠缺, 欠陥, 汚点, 瑕瑾, 瑕疵, 疵瑕, , , 短い, 短所, , , , 粗い, , 難い, 難点,
Immorality morally objectionable behavior
Synonyms: にくい, 不正行為, 不義, 不道徳, , , 悪い, 悪事, 悪徳, 悪行, 憎い
Cataclysm an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
Synonyms: にくい, トラジディー, カタストロフィー, 不幸, 不幸せ, 危難, , 厄災, 厄難, 否運, 変災, 大厄, 大災, 大難, 天変地異, 天災, 奇禍, 御難, 悲劇, 惨事, 惨劇, 惨害, 惨禍, 激甚災害, 災い, 災厄, 災害, 災禍, 災難, 無残, 異変, , , 禍害, 禍言, , 難い
Wrongfulness that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law
Synonyms: にくい, 不届き, 不当, 不正, 不法, 不義, , , 悪い, 憎い, 曲事, 曲事, ,
Misfortune unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event
Synonyms: にくい, 不幸, 不運, , 厄難, 御難, 災難, , 難い
Sorry unfortunate
Synonyms: にくい, 悪い, 憎い, 残念, 無残, 遺憾
Hard requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
Synonyms: にくい, むずい, 困難, 難い, 難し, 難しい

Categories にくい is a member of

Immorality the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct
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Intensiveness high level or degree
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Quality an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
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Difficulty the quality of being difficult
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Condition a state at a particular time
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Lot your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
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Transgression the act of transgressing
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Disadvantage the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position
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Trouble an event causing distress or pain
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Hardship a state of misfortune or affliction
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Injustice the practice of being unjust or unfair
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Misfortune unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event
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Stroke Order Diagrams for にくい

Conjugations for にくい

Adjective stem
niku
te-form
nikukute
Negative te-form
nikukunakute
Adverbial Form
nikuku
Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
nikui
Present Indicative Negative Form
nikukunai
Past Indicative Form
nikukatta
Past Indicative Negative Form
nikukunakatta
Provisional Form
Present Indicative Form
nikukereba
Present Indicative Negative Form
nikukunakereba
Present Indicative Negative Colloquial Form
nikukunakya
Conditional Form
Present Indicative Form
nikukattara
Present Indicative Negative Form
nikukunakattara
Nominalized Form
Objective Form
nikusa

Sample Sentences for にくい

It's difficult to understand why you want to go.
Such a problem is hard to deal with.
The thick fog made it hard to see the road.
I bought an English book, but the book was hard to understand.
He is hard to deal with.

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