Not easy, requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
English: difficult, hard
Bahasa: sulit, berat, kompleks, rumit, susah, sukar, ruwet, runyam
payahBahasa Indonesia
hard, tough, arduous, difficult, backbreaking
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Adjective
Making great mental demands, hard to comprehend or solve or believe
English: baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough
Bahasa: sulit, rumit, susah, sukar
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Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion, especially physical effort
English: arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome
Bahasa: kuat, susah, sukar, jerih, perih, berjerih, memerihkan, menjerihkan
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5 more adjective senses
Very difficult, severely testing stamina or resolution
English: rugged, tough
Bahasa: susah payah
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Hard to control
English: unmanageable, difficult
Bahasa: sulit, berat, rumit, susah, sukar, runyam, muskil, sarit
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Powerful
English: stiff
Bahasa: berat, keras, susah, sukar, kencang, sengit
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Difficult to accomplish, demanding considerable mental effort and skill
English: arduous
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Unfortunate or hard to bear
English: hard, tough
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