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Home N1 Grammar Pattern List 〜にかたくない

N1

〜にかたくない

Meaning

「かたくない」 is written 「難くない」, meaning "not difficult." Indicates that, given the situation, one can easily do something. Most typically appears as 「想像に難くない」 (not hard to imagine); a formal expression for something easily inferred or understood.

Examples
  1. 事故の知らせを聞いた家族の心痛は、想像にかたくない。 The anguish of the family upon hearing the news of the accident is not hard to imagine.
  2. 彼が反対するであろうことは、察するに難くない。 It is not difficult to surmise that he will oppose it.
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