難い (かたい): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

難い (かたい) means difficult / hard to do.

See example sentences below.

難い at a glance

難い

かたいkatai

N1adj

difficult / hard to do

難いかたいkataiN1Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

difficult / hard to do

Example 1

この問題は解き難いです。

Translation

This problem is hard to solve.

Example 2

話し難い雰囲気だった。

Translation

It was a hard atmosphere to talk in.