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サ ン ダ ル は 走 り 難 い 。 
It's hard to run in sandals.
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外 国 人 に 取 っ て 漢 字 は 凄 く 書 き 難 い 。 
For foreigners, it's really hard to write kanji.
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ロシア 語 は 大 層 学 び 難 い 。 
Russian is very difficult to learn.
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此 の 町 は 、 暮 ら し 難 い 。 
This city is hard to live in.
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貴方 の 質 問 は 答 え 難 い 。 
Your question is hard to answer.
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彼 の 人 は 付 き 合 い 難 い 。 
He is hard to deal with.
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此 の 新 し い パ ソ コ ン は 使 い 難 い 。 
This new computer is hard to use.
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先 生 の 説 明 が 下手 で 理 解 し 難 か っ た 。 
The teacher's explanation was poor and hard to understand.
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分 か り 難 い 文 章 だ 。 句 読 点 が 抜 け て る か ら だ 。 
This passage is difficult to understand because the punctuation marks are missing.
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プ ラ ス チ ッ ク は 割 れ 難 い 素 材 で す 。 
Plastic is a material that doesn't break easily.
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プ ラ ス チ ッ ク の 中 に は 燃 え 難 い 素 材 も 有 る 。 
Plastic includes materials that are burn-resistant.
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道 に 大 き な 石 が 有 っ て 歩 き 難 い 。 
It's hard to walk down the road because there is a large rock on it.
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AVerb: Stem
にくい
Basic Examples:
見難い (hard to see)

Related Expressions
がたい
づらい
やすい
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Advanced notes
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The object/item that is the topic of the sentence comes before the particle は (instead of elsewhere in the sentence).

フ ォ ー ク で ラ ー メ ン は 食 べ に く い よ 。 (unnatural)

拉麺 は フ ォ ー ク で 食 べ 難 い よ 。 (fixed)

It's hard to eat ramen with a fork.
It's hard to eat ramen with a fork.

Grammar usage notes

Generally written out in hiragana.
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fareastfurfaro
Level: 1
Conjugates like an i-adjective. にくかった、etc.
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fareastfurfaro
Level: 1
Beware that while みにくい means "hard to see", it also means "ugly", "unattractive", and "unsightly". So be careful.
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Lang_learner
Level: 1

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DatsunVic
Level: 1
we don't use the dictonary form of the verb.not - 書くにくい It's the masu form such as 書きにくい。そうですね？
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17 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 301
Sorry - the display was a little weird; it should look much better now.
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17 years ago
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キャシー
Level: 1
If the verb you're using is usually in ている form, do you say ていにくい or use the base verb? Most don't make sense in ている form, but I could see saying "it's difficult to wear". 浴衣が大好きなのに学校で着にくいです sounds like it's hard to put it on at school (which may be needed after gym class), and 着ていにくいです sounds like it's hard to wear to school (either for the embarrassment factor or the difficulty in maneuvering, take your pick). But is that right?

Also, it seems like whatever is hard to [insert verb here] is supposed to be the subject of the sentence - so ハイヒールで歩きます becomes ハイヒールは歩きにくいです, yes? You might want to make that clear. And maybe change the format of the example's English translations to be more along the lines of "sandals are hard to run in" and "ramen is hard to eat with a fork." They mean approximately the same thing, but it helps remind that the subject of the sentence is what would normally be the object.
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16 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 301
I'll check on the subject thingy. I guess the English translation will depend on that.

As for the ている thing, I have *never* heard it used with these suffixes; the base form is *always* used.
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16 years ago
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キャシー
Level: 1
I suspected that might be the case. Thanks for the confirmation!
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16 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 301
Talked to slicycheese - she said that (object)は is the most natural convention. I'll add it to the above description when I have some time, but for now, I thought that information would be of use.
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16 years ago
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dfperfume
Level: 1
How do I use a する verb with this? Nothing in my head seemed to sound right. 勉強しにくい?
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16 years ago
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キャシー
Level: 1
そうですよ！
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16 years ago
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