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難しい is an exact match with one form of the following word:
難しい
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Readings : むずかしい    むつかしい   
難しい can be read in 2 ways: むずかしい (70%), むつかしい (30%).
1. difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.)
2. fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased
3. gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look)
4. dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable  (archaic)
5. unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky  (archaic)
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 1 (among the 500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 179,709 which gives a rank of 243
難しい 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 almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 6,000 (about 156,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 63 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 2972
• 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 7 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:
テスト
むずか
しかった

The test was hard.
これ
むずか
しい
です
This is difficult.
この
ほん
むずか
しい
です
This book is difficult.
むずかしい
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 64,000 (about 5,710,000 results)
• One of the 1240 words included in the Genki textbooks
• 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 7 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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六借しい
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Readings : むずかしい    むつかしい   
六借しい can be read in 2 ways: むずかしい (90%), むつかしい (10%).
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 208,000 (about 198,000 results)
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六ヶ敷い
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Readings : むずかしい    むつかしい   
六ヶ敷い can be read in 2 ways: むずかしい (90%), むつかしい (10%).
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 219,000 (about 134,000 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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ロク   むっ six   む    むい    む    
シャク   かりる to borrow   
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セキ   シャク   ancient; old   むかし ancient   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
キョウ   とも together   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
フ   し to spread out, to lay   
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the first time the way
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ホ    the first time   
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ヨウ   もちいる to use   
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
dot   
ホウ   かた way, direction   
ぼく strike   
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