Word Meaning 気難しい

きむずかしい kimuzukashii

気難しい is read as きむずかしい (kimuzukashii) and means bad-tempered.

Meaning

English

  1. bad-tempered
  2. in a bad mood
  3. displeased
  4. sullen
  5. crabby
  6. cranky
  7. grumpy
  8. hard to please

Reading

Kana

きむずかしい

Romaji

kimuzukashii

Writing Variants

  • 気むずかしい きむずかしい kimuzukashii

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 6 Rank 7773 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

気難し屋

きむずかしや

person who is hard to please

気違い

きちがい

madness

気負い

きおい

eagerness

気遣い

きづかい

consideration

気安い

きやすい

relaxed

気持ち悪い

きもちわるい

feeling sick

気のせい

きのせい

(just) one's imagination

気付く

きずく

to regain consciousness

気配

きはい

tone (of the market)

気候

きこう

climate

Example Sentences

10

He is hard to please.

He's a difficult person to deal with.

Tom is hard to please.

Our boss is hard to please.

He is rather hard to please.

He is hard to please.

You're picky, aren't you?

It is easy to get the cranky man's goat by teasing him.

I don't know how to get along with those difficult people.

Tom watched them hurry through the doors, a disagreeable expression on his face.