Word Detail

The Japanese word 複雑な (ふくざつな) describes something that is 複雑な, meaning complex, complicated, or intricate. It implies that something has many different parts or details that are interconnected and not easy to understand or deal with. It can be used to describe things like situations, problems, relationships, and even objects. It signifies a degree of difficulty arising from this complexity.

⚫︎この問題は複雑なだ。 Translation: This problem is complex. ⚫︎彼の話は複雑な過ぎて、理解できなかった。 Translation: His story was too complicated, and I couldn't understand it. ⚫︎複雑な人間関係。 Translation: Complex human relationships.

You can use 複雑な in various contexts to describe anything that has multiple interconnected elements, making it difficult to grasp or resolve. It can modify nouns or act as a predicate adjective. It's suitable for formal and informal situations, though the level of formality might influence sentence structure and additional particles.

⚫︎The word is typically written as 複雑な using the kanji 複雑 (ふくざつ) and the adjectival suffix な. ⚫︎複雑 is composed of two kanji: 複 (fuku) meaning "multiple" or "complex," and 雑 (zatsu) meaning "mixed," "miscellaneous," or "complicated." ⚫︎The okurigana (hiragana following the kanji) is usually just な when the word is acting as a na-adjective.

⚫︎込み入った (komiitta) - intricate, complicated (more colloquial) ⚫︎面倒な (mendōna) - troublesome, complicated (implies a burden) ⚫︎難解な (nankaina) - difficult to understand, complex ⚫︎入り組んだ (irikunda) - intricate, complex (related to things being intertwined or interwoven) ⚫︎入り混じった (irimajitta) - mixed, complicated ⚫︎厄介な (yakkaina) - troublesome, complicated (implying a difficulty that causes annoyance)

⚫︎簡単（な） (kantan(na)) - easy, simple ⚫︎単純（な） (tanjun(na)) - simple, straightforward ⚫︎易しい (yasashii) - easy ⚫︎平易（な） (heii(na)) - simple, plain

この機械の操作は複雑なため、説明書をよく読んでください。 ・Translation: Because the operation of this machine is complex, please read the manual carefully. ・Explanation: This sentence uses 複雑な to describe how the machine's operations is difficult to figure out.

複雑な経済状況は、世界経済に大きな影響を与えている。 ・Translation: The complex economic situation is having a major impact on the global economy. ・Explanation: This sentence explains how a complex economic situation is affecting the global economy.

The word 複雑 (fukuzatsu) comes from Chinese origin. The kanji 複 (fuku) has meanings such as "multiple," "double," or "complex." The kanji 雑 (zatsu) conveys notions of "mixed," "various," and "complicated." These two characters together create the meaning of something that is 複雑な or complicated in nature.