jmdict 2536980 Active (id#2347073)
一筋縄でいかない； 一筋縄で行かない
【 ひとすじなわでいかない 】
  1. [exp,adj-i]
    • not straightforward
    • not dealt with by ordinary means
    • very hard to manage
    Cross references:
    • ⇒ see: 2111220 一筋縄では行かない 1. not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means; very hard to manage
Conjugations
History:
    • A 2025-08-26 18:03:54 Stephen Kraus (id#2347073)
    • Refs
      Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーーー─┬─────╮
│ 一筋縄でいかなく │ 173 │
│ 一筋縄で行かなく │  38 │
╰─ーーーーーーーー─┴─────╯
    • A* 2025-08-26 17:28:33 Sombrero1 (id#2347072)
    • Refs
      Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーーーーーー─┬───────┬───────╮
│ 一筋縄でいかない　　　 │ 7.504 │ 84.2% │
│ 一筋縄で行かない　　　 │ 1.290 │ 14.5% │
│ ひとすじなわでいかない │   122 │  1.4% │
╰─ーーーーーーーーーーー─┴───────┴───────╯
    • Diff
      @@ -14,0 +15 @@
+<pos>&adj-i;</pos>
    • A 2024-12-22 03:02:29 Jim Breen (id#2328152)
    • Diff
      @@ -16 +15,0 @@
-<gloss>very hard to manage</gloss>
@@ -18,0 +18 @@
+<gloss>very hard to manage</gloss>
    • A* 2024-12-20 23:58:08 Marcus Aseth (id#2328022)
    • Refs
      from GG5: 
►一筋縄ではいかない　be very hard to ┏manage [deal with]

Example sentence from Final Fantasy 14:
https://i.imgur.com/SomWceE.png
    • Diff
      @@ -15,0 +16 @@
+<gloss>very hard to manage</gloss>
    • A 2014-03-31 04:26:27 Jim Breen
    • Diff
      @@ -16 +16 @@
-<gloss>not straight forward</gloss>
+<gloss>not straightforward</gloss>
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