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Difficult to meet up with 〜づらい

Grammar Explanation: Difficult to do with 〜づらい

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After recovering from over-dieting, Miku quickly gained back the weight she had lost. She receives a text message from her boyfriend, Shibutani, about scheduling time to meet up between their summer classes, but she turns him down.

みく:
「ごめんね渋谷(しぶたに)」
“I'm sorry, Shibutani.”
「なんかやっぱり会(あ)いづらい…」
“It's still difficult to meet with you...”
Literal: “Somehow, as expected, it's difficult to meet...”
「また太(ふと)っちゃって」
“I've put on weight again...”

Key Points

1会いづらい means emotionally hard to meet
  • 会(あ)いづらい is not about scheduling or physical difficulty here.
  • Miku feels awkward meeting him because she regained weight.
2なんかやっぱり makes the confession hesitant
  • なんか softens the statement, while やっぱり shows the feeling remains after thinking it over.
  • Together they make her refusal sound conflicted.
3The next line gives the reason
  • また太(ふと)っちゃって explains why meeting feels hard.
  • 〜ちゃって suggests the weight gain is an unwelcome result.

Vocabulary

(To meet)

会(あ)う means to meet or see someone in person.

See Also

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