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~に難かたくない: meaning, usage and examples

~に難かたくない means: it is not hard to... / one can easily...

Updated 9 November 2026 · By the My Senpai team · Spotted a mistake? Tell us

Examples

1. 彼かれがどれほど苦労くろうしたか、想像そうぞうに難かたくない。

   It is not hard to imagine how much he struggled.

2. この状況じょうきょうを見みれば、彼かれが怒おこるのも理解りかいに難かたくない。

   Seeing this situation, it is not hard to understand why he is angry.

3. 突然とつぜんの閉店へいてんに、常連じょうれん客きゃくが落胆らくたんしたことは想像そうぞうに難かたくない。

   It is easy to imagine how disappointed the regular customers were by the sudden closure.

4. 両者りょうしゃの主張しゅちょうの差さを考かんがえれば、交渉こうしょうが難航なんこうすることは予想よそうに難かたくない。

   Given how far apart the two sides are, it is easy to predict that the negotiations will be difficult.

When to use it

Means "it is easy to imagine or understand". Almost always 想像そうぞうに難かたくない, 予想よそうに難かたくない, 理解りかいに難かたくない, 察さっするに難かたくない. The thing imagined comes first, usually as a clause with ことは or か, and the whole sentence reads as a confident conclusion. Example: どれほど苦労くろうしたか、想像そうぞうに難かたくない, it is easy to imagine how hard it was.

Nuance

Formal and written; news, essays, reports. Usually about other people's feelings or a likely outcome. It is not used for physical ease (読よむに難かたくない for an easy book is wrong), and it rarely appears in casual talk.

Compare

想像そうぞうしやすい is the everyday wording, about any process being easy. 想像そうぞうに難かたくない says a conclusion is obvious from the situation. Compare 得える: 起おこり得える (it can happen) only states a possibility; 予想よそうに難かたくない says the outcome is easy to predict from what we know.

Tip: Learn it as a chunk: 想像そうぞうに難かたくない or 予想よそうに難かたくない. Those two phrases cover most real uses, so do not build new ones.