Dictionary / Vocabulary / 得難い
えがたい
hard to get; hard to come by
Also written 得がたい
非常にたくさんの人が失業しているので仕事は得がたい。
Jobs are hard to come by with so many people out of work.
いまどき良い仕事はなかなか得がたいのを忘れないでね。
Don't forget that good jobs are very hard to come by these days.
このやり方は、カロリーを得がたい環境ではエネルギー効率がよい。
This behavior is energy-efficient in an environment where calories can be hard to come by.