jimu wa muzukashii.

topic particle

Breakdown of jimu wa muzukashii.

• 難むずかしい: difficult
• 事務じむ: office work; clerical work

Questions & Answers about jimu wa muzukashii.

How do you read 事務 は 難しい?

It is read:

じむ は むずかしい。

A few pronunciation notes:

• 事務 = じむ
• は is written ha, but when it is the topic particle, it is pronounced wa
• 難しい = むずかしい

So the whole sentence sounds like:

Jimu wa muzukashii.

Why is は pronounced wa instead of ha?

Because は has a special pronunciation when it is used as a particle.

• As a normal syllable in a word, は is usually read ha
• As the topic particle, it is read wa

So in this sentence:

• 事務は = jimu wa

This is something you just have to get used to in Japanese spelling and grammar.

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