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Answer by DXV for Difference between 大変{たいへん} and 難しい{むずかしい}

Aside from the general meaning of "difficult", Japanese people also say 難しい when they actually mean "it cannot be done", "I can't" or "I don't want to". For example:Boss: Can you come to work on...

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Answer by psosuna for Difference between 大変{たいへん} and 難しい{むずかしい}

My understanding is that you'd use 難しい whenever speaking about the innate difficulty of a task, and 大変 whenever the task is difficult due to being burdensome. Oftentimes they are interchangeable but...

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Difference between 大変{たいへん} and 難しい{むずかしい}

What is the difference between 大変{たいへん} and 難しい{むずかしい} which can both mean difficult.In which context should i use one or the other?Thanks in advance.

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