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難
difficult · hardship · problem · trouble
N3On: なんKun: むずか、かた
Memory Aid
'NAN' (なん) — 'NAN-cy' has a DIFFICULT time learning Japanese.
Picture a bird (隹) trying to fly through a dense, tangled field (the complexity of 堇). It's a truly DIFFICULT task for the bird.
Vocabulary
難しいむずかしいdifficult, hard
困難こんなんdifficulty, hardship
難題なんだいdifficult problem
難病なんびょうintractable disease, difficult-to-cure disease
難民なんみんrefugee
Example Sentences
この本は少し難しいです。
This book is a little difficult.
日本語の勉強は難しいですが、とても楽しいです。
Studying Japanese is difficult, but very fun.
彼は多くの困難を乗り越えました。
He overcame many difficulties.
この試験の最後の問題は難問でした。
The last question on this exam was a difficult problem.