Difficult to do with 〜にくい
To express that an action is difficult to do, the auxiliary adjective にくい may be appended to the verb stem
Properties of にくい as an auxiliary adjective include:
- Used with more physical verbs than がたい.
- Used with both verbs that do and do not involve intention.
- More objective than づらい.
Further reading
- Describing actions as easy or hard - Tae Kim’s Japanese grammar guide (guidetojapanese.org)
- V + やすい & V + にくい (maggiesensei.com)
