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艱 kanji
difficult, trying, be distressed, parent's funeral ceremony, mourning, perilous
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Kun readings
なやむかたいなやみ
Variant forms
囏Words with 艱
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —艱苦hardship; suffering; privation; adversity
- —艱難hardships; privations; difficulties
- —時艱problems that affect a period of time; hardships peculiar to an age; hard problems of the times
- —艱難辛苦trial and tribulation; hardships; privations; difficulties
- —艱難苦労trials and tribulations; adversities; suffering hardships and troubles
- —辛苦艱難trials and tribulations; adversities; suffering hardships and troubles
- —艱難汝を玉にすhardship makes the man