Japanese i-adjective
muzukashii — difficult 難しい
Explore the principal positive, negative, past, non-past and conditional forms of this Japanese adjective.
How i-adjectives conjugate
The final い changes to create negative, past and connecting forms. The adjective itself carries this grammatical information, so a separate verb is not required in the plain forms.
Conjugation table
The English glosses are approximate; the natural translation depends on the surrounding sentence.
| Form | Style | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Present (non-past) | Plain | is difficult muzukashii 難しい | is not difficult muzukashikunai 難しくない |
| Polite | muzukashii desu 難しいです | muzukashikunai desu 難しくないです | |
| Past | Plain | was difficult muzukashikatta 難しかった | was not difficult muzukashikunakatta 難しくなかった |
| Polite | muzukashikatta desu 難しかったです | muzukashikunakatta desu 難しくなかったです | |
| Presumptive | Plain | will probably be difficult muzukashii darō 難しいだろう | muzukashikunai darō 難しくないだろう |
| Polite | muzukashii deshō 難しいでしょう | muzukashikunai deshō 難しくないでしょう | |
| Conditional | Standard | if it is difficult muzukashikereba 難しければ | if it is not difficult muzukashikunakereba 難しくなければ |
| Connecting form | Standard | muzukashikute 難しくて | muzukashikunakute 難しくなくて |
These conjugations are generated automatically and are intended as a learning guide. Check the natural usage in context when accuracy is important.