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困難

こんなん

na-adjective

Meanings

1difficulty
2distress
3hardship
4trouble
5infeasibility
6inability (to carry out)

Example sentence

彼の言ってる事を理解するのは困難だ。

I found it difficult to understand what he was saying.

Your sentences

Kanji in this word

困Quandary, Become Distressed, Annoyed7 strokes 難Difficult, Impossible, Trouble18 strokes

More words with 困

貧困ひんこん · povertyN1 困惑こんわく · bewilderment 困り果てるこまりはてる · to be at a complete loss 困るこまる · to be botheredN5

More words with 難

災難さいなん · calamity

Full entry on Jisho

N2

盗難とうなん · theftN2

～難い～がたい · hard (difficult) to do ~N2

気難しいきむずかしい · hard to please

有難いありがたい · gratefulN2

難しいむずかしい · difficultN5

有難うありがとう · thank you

無難ぶなん · safetyN1

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