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No. 19,587 in Korean

어렵다

Difficult.

In a sentence

  • 이 문제는 정말 어렵다.

    This problem is really difficult.

    어렵다 is used here to express the challenge or difficulty in solving a question.

  • 그는 상황을 어렵게 만들었다.

    He made the situation more difficult.

    어렵다 takes the form 어렵게 to describe making conditions harder.

  • 이 기술을 배우는 것이 어렵지만 보람있다.

    Learning this skill is difficult but rewarding.

    어렵다 describes the process of learning as challenging, indicating effort involved.

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