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にくい is an exact match with one form of the following word:
にくい
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auxiliary adjective, 'i' adjective
difficult to ...; hard to ...  (see also: 為難い:しにくい; after -masu stem of verb; often written with kana only)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 3 (among the 3,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 136,449 which gives a rank of 1,631
にくい is the most useful form. 3 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 4,000 (about 251,000,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 3582
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 28 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
あなた
しつもん
質問
こた
にくい
Your question is hard to answer.
それ
こた
にくい
しつもん
質問

That's a hard question to answer.
この
しつもん
質問
こた
にくい
This question is difficult to answer.
難い
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Readings : にくい    がたい   
難い can be read in 2 ways: にくい (70%), がたい (30%).
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 38,000 (about 14,400,000 results)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 3662
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 28 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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がたい
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 4,000 (about 220,000,000 results)
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悪い
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Reading : にくい   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 4,000 (about 231,000,000 results)
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ナン   むずかしい difficult   かた hard   
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the husband with the grass mouth
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フ   フウ   おっと husband   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
grass   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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little bird
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アク   オ   わる bad   
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シン   こころ heart   
ア    Asia; rank next   
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west
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