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中々

なかなか

quite, considerably; (with negative) not easily

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Examples

  1. この料理は中々おいしいです。

    このりょうりはなかなかおいしいです。

    This dish is really quite good.

  2. バスが中々来ません。

    バスがなかなかきません。

    The bus just won't come.

  3. 日本語は中々上手になりませんね。

    にほんごはなかなかじょうずになりませんね。

    My Japanese just isn't getting good very quickly.

Common patterns

中々いい
pretty good
中々難しい
quite difficult
中々～ない
not ~ easily, not for a long time

Memory tip

Two opposite jobs in one word. With a positive ending it means "more than I expected" — a genuine compliment. With a negative it means the thing stubbornly fails to happen. Usually written in kana as なかなか.

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