難しい

むずかしい · muzukashii · JLPT N5 · i-adj

difficult

🧩 難 (hard) + しい: sounds like moo-zoo-KASHI — a moo zoo? Catchy, but hard to run

難 is the kanji for hardship, also seen in 困難 (konnan, difficulty) and 難民 (nanmin, refugee). The しい ending marks it as an i-adjective, like 楽しい or 新しい. Sound hook: muzu-kashii starts like moo-zoo.

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