づらい

Also written 辛い, ずらい

Meanings

1. Suffix, い-adjective difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ... (after -masu stem of a verb) See also: 辛い (つらい).

Example sentences

• 急いで書かれたので、彼の手紙は読みづらかった。
  Having been written in haste, his letter was hard to read.
• とにかく、言いづらい事を打ち明けてくれてうれしいよ。
  Anyway, I'm glad you were able to broach this difficult subject.
• 前に送ったメールが分かりづらかったかもしれませんが、何も提出する必要はありません。
  The email that I sent previously was probably not clear. You don't need to submit anything.
• この眼鏡、度が合わなくなってきて見づらいんだ。新しく作り直さなきゃいけないな。
  These glasses aren't right for my eyes anymore; it's difficult to see. I'm going to have to get a new pair made.
• 中国語と日本語はとても読み辛い言語だ。
  Chinese and Japanese are really difficult languages to read.

Words containing づらい

• 聞きづらい (ききづらい) difficult to hear
• 読みづらい (よみづらい) hard to read
• 分かりづらい (わかりづらい) difficult to understand

And 4 more.

Word lists

• Core 2000
• Core 5000
• Spoken
• Written
• Examples

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists