気難しい
きむずかしい
hard to please; difficult; particular; fussy
Common word
Meanings
I-adjective
hard to please; difficult; particular; fussy; choosy; picky; fastidious- bad-tempered; in a bad mood; displeased; sullen; crabby; cranky; grumpy
Forms
| Plain | Polite | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 気難しいきむずかしい | 気難しいですきむずかしいです |
| Negative | 気難しくないきむずかしくない | 気難しくないですきむずかしくないです |
| Past | 気難しかったきむずかしかった | 気難しかったですきむずかしかったです |
| Past negative | 気難しくなかったきむずかしくなかった | 気難しくなかったですきむずかしくなかったです |
| Te-form | 気難しくてきむずかしくて |
|---|---|
| Conditional (ば) | 気難しければきむずかしければ |
| Conditional (たら) | 気難しかったらきむずかしかったら |
Example sentences
彼は気難しい。
He is hard to please.
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He's a difficult person to deal with.
彼は気難しかった。
He was hard to please.
星野氏は気難しい。
Mr Hoshino is hard to please.
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My grandfather is very hard to please.
More examples (10)
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The old man is hard to please.
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He is hard to please.
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He is rather hard to please.
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Our boss is hard to please.
トムって気難しいんだ。
Tom is hard to please.
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He is such a difficult boy.
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My immediate boss is tough to please.
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Some people are difficult to please.
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To the best of my knowledge, she's hard to please.
おまえって気難しいよな。違うか？
You're picky, aren't you?