い-adjective
難いかたい
kataiAlso read かたい: 硬い (hard). All 2 words
難い (かたい, katai) — difficult — is an い-adjective: 難かった (past), 難くない (negative), 難くて (te-form), 難いです (polite).
It also means hard.
How 難い conjugates · い-adjective
Drop the final い, then add the ending.
Every form is built on the stem 難. The one that isn't: the polite present, which is the whole word plus です.
難い
dropsstem + ending
難かった難かったpast · It was difficult.
難くない難くないnegative · It isn't difficult.
難くて難くてte-form · It's difficult and …
難ければ難ければif · If it's difficult, ...
難いです難いですpolite presentkeeps the い
Every い-adjective works this way. The one exception is いい, which conjugates from its older form よい.
N5 N tags give the JLPT level at which the game starts quizzing a form.
Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 | 難い かたい katai | |
| past N5 It was difficult. | 難かった かたかった katakatta | |
| negative N5 It isn't difficult. | 難くない かたくない katakunai | |
| te-form N5 It's difficult and … | 難くて かたくて katakute | |
| past negative N4 It wasn't difficult. | 難くなかった かたくなかった katakunakatta | |
| cond. ば N3 If it's difficult, ... | 難ければ かたければ katakereba | |
| cond. たら N3 | 難かったら かたかったら katakattara |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 | 難いです かたいです kataidesu | |
| past N5 It was difficult. | 難かったです かたかったです katakattadesu | |
| negative N5 It isn't difficult. | 難くないです かたくないです katakunaidesu | |
| past negative N4 It wasn't difficult. | 難くなかったです かたくなかったです katakunakattadesu |