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難 kanji
difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 18
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
ナン
Kun readings
かたい-がたいむずかしいむづかしいむつかしい-にくい
Variant forms
難Words with 難
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —非難轟々loud criticism; torrent of criticism; fierce denouncement (from many people); uproarious outcry
- —艱難苦労trials and tribulations; adversities; suffering hardships and troubles
- —偽装難民fake refugee; phony refugee; illegal migrant disguised as a refugee
- —辛苦艱難trials and tribulations; adversities; suffering hardships and troubles
- —進退両難being driven to the wall; finding oneself between the devil and the deep blue sea; finding oneself between a rock and a hard place
- —難問山積mountain (pile) of difficult problems
- —非難合戦(engaging in a round of) mutual criticism; repeated attacks on each other
- —論難攻撃attacking by argument; denunciation; condemnation; heated controversy
- —学習困難learning disability; learning disabled
- —至難の業Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
- —難民流出outflow of refugees
- —入手困難difficult to obtain; difficult to get
- —避難生活living in evacuation shelters
- —女難の相physiognomy indicating ill fortune concerning women
- —避難場所emergency evacuation site (typically outdoors); refuge shelter
- —学歴難民over-qualified person; over-educated person (unable to find a job); educational refugee
- —海難事故accident at sea; maritime accident
- —財政困難financial difficulties; pecuniary embarrassment
- —帰還難民repatriated refugee
- —難関大学highly selective university; university with high entry requirements; elite university