Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
かた
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
難くない (kyūjitai)

Adjective edit

(かた)くない (katakunai-i (adverbial (かた)くなく (katakunaku))

  1. negative form of 難い
  2. (literary) easy to

Usage notes edit

This is often used in the expressions 想像に難くない ("easy to imagine") or 理解に難くない ("easy to understand".)