Moto 難: Difficult; Impossible; TroubleKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ナン
- Kun'yomi
- かた(い)、-がた(い)、むずか(しい)、むづか(しい)、むつか(しい)、-にく(い)
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, grade 6
- Words
- 375 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ナン)
- 難民なんみんrefugee; displaced person
- 困難こんなんdifficulty; hardship
- 避難ひなんtaking refuge; finding shelter
- 非難ひなんcriticism; blame
- 避難民ひなんみんevacuees; displaced persons
- 難色なんしょくdisapproval
- 難問なんもんperplexity; difficult question
- 難航なんこうdifficult voyage; hard flight
- 難なんdifficulty; trouble
- 難病なんびょうincurable disease
- 盗難とうなんtheft; robbery
- 難題なんだいdifficult problem; challenge
- 難関なんかんbarrier; obstacle
- 無難ぶなんsafe (e.g. choice); secure
- 苦難くなんsuffering; distress
- 遭難そうなんdisaster; accident
- 難点なんてんfault; weakness
- 難解なんかいdifficult to understand; unintelligible
- 海難かいなんaccident at sea; sea disaster
- 多難たなんfull of troubles, difficulties
- 財政難ざいせいなんeconomic difficulties; financial difficulties
- 受難じゅなんsufferings; ordeals
- 至難しなんmost difficult; next to impossible
- 難局なんきょくdifficult situation
- 難聴なんちょうhardness of hearing; bradyacusia
- 救難きゅうなんrescue; salvage
- 殉難じゅんなんmartyrdom
- 水難すいなんdrowning; flood
- 災難さいなんcalamity; misfortune
- 無理難題むりなんだいunreasonable demand
- 生活難せいかつなんdifficulties in living
- 難なくなんなくeasily
- 難事なんじdifficulty
- 難所なんしょperilous pass (on a route or journey); rough spot
- 難易なんいdifficulty; relative difficulty
- 難曲なんきょくdifficult musical piece
- 難治なんじintractable (diseases); hard to cure
- 難渋なんじゅうsuffering; distress
- 難燃加工なんねんかこうfireproof
- 難物なんぶつhard problem; person hard to please
- 難産なんざんdifficult delivery; difficult childbirth
- ご難ごなんmisfortune; calamity
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 難しいむずかしいdifficult; hard
- 得難いえがたいhard to get; hard to come by
- 有り難いありがたいgrateful; thankful
- 気難しいきむずかしいhard to please; moody
- 難いかたいdifficult; hard
- しょ難しいしょむずかしいterribly difficult
- し難いしにくいhard to do
- ちょっと難しいちょっとむずかしいa little difficult; slightly hard
Other readings
- どうも有難うどうもありがとうthank you very much
- 有り難うありがとうthank you; thanks
- 有り難うございますありがとうございますthank you
- 有難いありがたいgrateful; thankful
- 有難うありがとうthank you; thanks
- 有難うございましたありがとうございましたthank you
- 有難うございますありがとうございますthank you
- 難波なにわNaniwa (former name for Osaka region)
- 難破なんぱshipwreck
- どうも有り難うどうもありがとうthank you very much
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