jmdict 2772730 Active (id#2349728)
難い [rK] ； 悪い [sK]
【 にくい [ichi1,news2,nf28] 】
  1. [suf,adj-i] [uk]
    《after the -masu stem of a verb》
    • difficult to ...
    • hard to ...
    Cross references:
    • ⇐ see: 2867504 難い【がたい】 1. very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
Conjugations
History:
    • A 2025-10-20 02:57:50 Jim Breen (id#2349728)
    • Comments
      I'm happy to make 悪い [sK] here.
    • Diff
      @@ -7,3 +6,0 @@
-<ke_pri>ichi1</ke_pri>
-<ke_pri>news2</ke_pri>
-<ke_pri>nf28</ke_pri>
@@ -13 +10 @@
-<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
    • A* 2025-10-12 11:30:55 Sombrero1 (id#2349290)
    • Comments
      Given the corpus data I think both kanji forms should be [rK]. The priority tags would need to be removed from 難い.
Multiple references don't even list 悪い for suffix usage, with shinsen also using just a kana headword with 難い as a secondary form.
    • Refs
      https://pastebin.com/Mjzkw8Z3


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    • Diff
      @@ -5,0 +6 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
@@ -11,0 +13 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
    • A* 2025-10-12 10:53:33 Jim Breen (id#2349281)
    • A 2025-10-12 10:53:15 Jim Breen (id#2349280)
    • Comments
      Splitting. I'll approve and reopen for a while.
    • Diff
      @@ -19,4 +18,0 @@
-<r_ele>
-<reb>がたい</reb>
-<re_restr>難い</re_restr>
-</r_ele>
@@ -30,9 +25,0 @@
-</sense>
-<sense>
-<stagr>がたい</stagr>
-<pos>&suf;</pos>
-<pos>&adj-i;</pos>
-<misc>&uk;</misc>
-<s_inf>after the -masu stem of a verb</s_inf>
-<gloss>very difficult to ...</gloss>
-<gloss>nearly impossible to ...</gloss>
    • A* 2025-09-25 11:04:42 Sombrero1 (id#2348388)
    • Diff
      @@ -37,2 +37,2 @@
-<gloss>very difficult to...</gloss>
-<gloss>nearly impossible to</gloss>
+<gloss>very difficult to ...</gloss>
+<gloss>nearly impossible to ...</gloss>
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