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Learn Hardcore Japanese: nakanaka - not easily

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 42
/nakanaka

nakanaka

Word

なかなかnakanaka

Meaning

not easily

Part of speech

adverb

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Usages of nakanaka

記入きにゅうする　場所ばしょ　が　なかなか　見みつからなくて、　係員かかりいん　に　聞きいたkinyuusuru basho ga nakanaka mitsukaranakute, kakariin ni kiita

I could not easily find where to fill it in, so I asked a staff member.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

この　問題もんだい　は　難むずかしくて、　なかなか　答こたえ　が　分わかりません。kono mondai wa muzukashikute, nakanaka kotae ga wakarimasen.

This problem is difficult, so I can't easily figure out the answer.

雨あめ　の　日ひ　は　髪かみ　が　なかなか　乾かわかない　ので、　ドライヤー　を　使つかう　時間じかん　が　長ながく　なります。ame no hi wa kami ga nakanaka kawakanai node, doraiyaa o tsukau jikan ga nagaku narimasu.

On rainy days, my hair does not dry easily, so the time I use the hair dryer becomes longer.

渋滞じゅうたい　の　せいで、　バス　が　なかなか　来きません。juutai no seide, basu ga nakanaka kimasen.

Because of the traffic jam, the bus is not coming easily.

梅雨つゆ　の　あいだ　は、　洗濯物せんたくもの　が　なかなか　乾かわきません。tsuyu no aida wa, sentakumono ga nakanaka kawakimasen.

During the rainy season, laundry does not dry easily.

朝あさ　起おきた　ばかりで　ぼんやりして　いて、　あくび　も　なかなか　止とまらなかった。asa okita bakaride bonyarishite ite, akubi mo nakanaka tomaranakatta.

I had just woken up and was still groggy, and I couldn’t stop yawning.

バス　が　なかなか　来こなくて、　少すこし　いらいらして　しまった。basu ga nakanaka konakute, sukoshi irairashite shimatta.

The bus wouldn’t come, and I ended up getting a little irritated.

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