甘（あま）くないケーキは</a>、____です。

アフリカには____です。

怖（こわ）いことは____です。

あの人（ひと）とは____です。

このコップ、形（かたち）が変（へん）だから____。

難（むずか）しい漢字（かんじ）は____。

この会社（かいしゃ）は____けど、働（はたら）かなくてはいけない。

日本語（にほんご）は____ですが、頑張（がんば）ります。

まだ慣（な）れていないから____。

緊張（きんちょう）して声（こえ）が____。

性格（せいかく）が元彼女（もとかのじょ）に似（に）ているから、____。

遠（とお）いから日本（にほん）には____けど、行（い）くつもりだ。[行（い）く]

遠（とお）いから日本（にほん）には____けど、行（い）くつもりだ。

Like 易（やす）い, にくい is an い-Adjective that is regularly attached to the ます stem of verbs. However, instead of meaning 'easy to (A)', it means 'difficult to (A)'. (A) will always represent the verb that comes before にくい.

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The nuance of にくい is that (A) is a task that is difficult to do, because of the required skill level, or similar factors. This is different from づらい, which focuses more on a task that is difficult due to being unbearable/hard to endure for some reason.

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An easy way to remember the difference in nuance between にくい and づらい, is that にくい comes from the same kanji as 難（むずか）しい, which usually carries the meaning of 'difficulty' (in relation to skill being required).</section>

漢字は覚えにくいと思う。This is almost exactly the sentence where Genki warns that it is odd to use にくい (this case being an example of difficulty defined in terms of physical or statistical success rate). They say that 漢字は覚えにくい should be interpreted as “I have kanji anxieties” instead of commenting on the general process of learning kanji. They advise using 難しい to express the latter. Can anyone shed some light?

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