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Sentence

To be honest, I'm hesitant to say it about this matter, but please give me a little more time.

Related words

言いい難がたい

Hiragana
いいがたい / いいにくい
Adjective

hard to say, inexpressible, hesitant to say

To be honest, I'm hesitant to say it about this matter, but please give me a little more time.

Word Forms

The basic and commonly used forms of this adjective.

Basic forms
Form Word form Usage
Imperfective form (mizenkei)
Alternative: 言いにくかろ いいがたかろ いいにくかろ
Used in forms such as karou; mainly literary.
Continuative form (renyokei)
Alternative: 言い難かっ 言いにくく 言いにくかっ いいがたく いいがたかっ いいにくく いいにくかっ
Used in forms such as kute and kunai.
Conclusive form (shushikei)
Alternative: 言いにくい いいがたい いいにくい
Ends a sentence.
Attributive form (rentaikei)
Alternative: 言いにくい いいがたい いいにくい
Modifies a noun.
Conditional form (kateikei)
Alternative: 言いにくけれ いいがたけれ いいにくけれ
Expresses a condition with kereba.
Imperative form (meireikei)
Alternative: 言いにくかれ いいがたかれ いいにくかれ
Rarely used in modern Japanese.
Common forms
Form Word form Usage
Te-form
Alternative: 言いにくくて いいがたくて いいにくくて
Connects clauses with kute.
Ta-form
Alternative: 言いにくかった いいがたかった いいにくかった
Expresses the past with katta.
Nai-form
Alternative: 言いにくくない いいがたくない いいにくくない
Expresses negation with kunai.
Ba-form
Alternative: 言いにくければ いいがたければ いいにくければ
Expresses a condition with kereba.
Notes
  • 「言い難い」は「いいがたい」と読む場合と「いいにくい」と読む場合がある。ここでは見出し表記に合わせて「言い難い」を primary とし、「言いにくい」および仮名書きを variants に含めた。

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