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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
- 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.
- 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.