難しい

プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)

むずかしい【難しい】

&fRoman1;

❶〔困難な〕difficult; hard

難しい文
a difficult passage

優勝は難しい
It will be hard (for me) to win the championship.

難しい天気だ
The weather looks very doubtful [uncertain].

この問題は難しくて解けない
This problem is too 「difficult for me to solve [much for me].

❷〔厄介な〕troublesome

難しい手続き
a troublesome procedure

難しい病気
a serious case [illness]

難しい年ごろの少年
a boy at a difficult age

そんなに難しく考えなくてもいい
You needn't take it too seriously.

そんなことをすると事態はますます難しくなる
It will make the situation even more delicate.／That would complicate the situation even further.

&fRoman2;〔機嫌が悪い〕sullen；〔気難しい〕hard to please

難しい顔をする
look displeased [glum/sullen]

難しい人だ
He is hard to please.

彼は食べ物に難しい
He is particular [fussy/fastidious] about his food.

難しい顔をして考えこんでいた
He was lost in thought with a serious look on his face.

出典　小学館「プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)」