N2 — outside your level filter
Is said whole, with nothing composed onto it and takes no だ/です, so there are no forms to conjugate.
骨が折れる
honegaorerube hard goingN2expression
Example sentences2
この作業は思った以上に骨が折れる。
kono sagyou wa omotta ijou ni hone ga oreru.
This work turns out to be more of a hard slog than expected. neutral
資料作りって、地味に骨が折れる作業だよ。
shiryouzukuri tte, jimi ni hone ga oreru sagyou da yo.
Making the documents is a surprisingly hard slog, honestly. casual