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〜に難くない: easy to (imagine)

N1 · 08 Extremes and impossibility

Says that something can be easily imagined or understood.

Dictionary form of a verb + に難くない. Almost always with thinking verbs: 想像に難くない, 理解に難くない, 察するに難くない. Formal, in essays and news. Do not use it with ordinary action verbs.

Examples

長年ながねんの努力どりょくが実みのった彼かれの喜よろこびは、想像に難そうぞうにかたくない。

It is not hard to imagine the joy of his years of effort finally paying off.

今いまの経済けいざい状況じょうきょうを考かんがえれば、会社かいしゃが苦くるしいことは察さっするに難かたくない。

Given the present economy, it is easy to guess that the company is struggling.

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