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<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
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<k_ele>
<keb>ちょっと難しい</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>ちょっとむずかしい</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<pos>&adj-i;</pos>
<gloss>a little difficult</gloss>
<gloss>slightly hard</gloss>
</sense>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<pos>&adj-i;</pos>
<misc>&euph;</misc>
<gloss>not feasible</gloss>
<gloss>not possible</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2019-05-21 10:26:06" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
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<upd_detl>The literal meaning is often not the one intended.

Just an idea - I won't push for this if other editors are against it.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>https://eigo.plus/englishphrase/its-a-lille

ちょっと難しい	272117
少し難しい	91982</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2019-05-21 21:16:31" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
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<upd_detl>I think this is just one of countless examples of Japanese indirectness. It's a cultural thing and I don't think it should be recorded in a dictionary.</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2019-05-30 07:09:45" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>While it is a cultural thing, it's also idiomatic language usage. I think it should be noted.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -18,0 +19 @@
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;id;&lt;/misc&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2019-05-30 07:38:19" stat="A">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I just want to add that I agree with you, Robin, but I do also think that ちょっと難しい is a particularly representative and 
famous example of this indirectness.</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-07-22 04:32:34" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_diff>@@ -19 +19 @@
-&lt;misc&gt;&amp;id;&lt;/misc&gt;
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;euph;&lt;/misc&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-07-22 22:37:42" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>