Word Meaning し難い

しがたい shigatai

し難い is read as しがたい (shigatai) and means hard to do.

Meaning

English

  1. hard to do

Reading

Kana

しがたい

Romaji

shigatai

Writing Variants

  • し難い しにくい shinikui
  • 為悪い しにくい shinikui
  • 為難い しがたい shigatai
  • 為難い しにくい shinikui

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 6 Rank 151446 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

難しい

むずかしい

impossible

難い

がたい

difficult to ...

有り難い

ありがたい

grateful

気難しい

きむずかしい

bad-tempered

得難い

えがたい

hard to get

出難い

でにくい

can't occur easily

見難い

みにくい

hard to see

見え難い

みえにくい

hard to see

言難い

いいがたい

embarrassing

動かし難い

うごかしがたい

unshakable

来難い

きにくい

difficult to come

Example Sentences

4

I can't allow this.

It is frightening beyond description.

The beauty of that country is beyond description.

Yamato-kotoba is the language that has been used in Japan since ancient times, and whilst it has some phrases that can be easily translated into foreign language, there are also those that are difficult.