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[こん()·なん()]
konnan
noun, na adjective

English Meaning(s) for 困難

noun, na adjective
  1. difficulty; hardship; trouble; distress
  2. infeasibility; inability (to carry out)

Definition and Synonyms for 困難

Hardship a state of misfortune or affliction
Synonyms: 不幸せ, 困窮, 困苦, 困難, 御難, 悲境, 憂き目, 苦しみ, 苦しむ, 苦境, 苦難, 貧苦, 辛苦, 逆境, 難儀
Difficulty a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome
Synonyms: 困難, 窮状, 苦境, 難局
Rough Sledding a difficulty that can be overcome with effort
Synonyms: 一苦労, 困難, 艱苦
Problem a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
Synonyms: プロブレム, 厄介事, 問題, 困難, 課題, 難題, 面倒, 面倒い
Trouble an effort that is inconvenient
Synonyms: いざこざ, うるさい, もやくや, ゴタゴタ, トラブル, 不都合, 厄介, 厄介事, 困り者, 困難, 妨害, 患う, 悶着, 手数, お手数, 揉め事, 支障, 故障, 波乱, 災い, 災害, 煩い, 煩わしい, 煩労, 煩雑, , , 紛争, 紛擾, ご苦労, 迷惑, ご迷惑, 障害, 障害物, 面倒, 面倒い, 風波
Hard not easy
Synonyms: にくい, むずい, 困難, 難い, 難し, 難しい
Problematical making great mental demands
Synonyms: ハード, とらえどころのない, 困難, 手ごわい, 手強い, 苦しい, 複雑, 難解
Rugged very difficult
Synonyms: タフ, きつい, つらい, づらい, 厳しい, 困難, 辛い
Trying hard to endure
Synonyms: つらい, 困難, 痛い
Hard characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
Synonyms: きつい, つらい, づらい, ハード, ヘビー, ヘヴィ, しんどい, 困難, 大変, 懸命, 苦しい, 辛い, 重たい, 難しい
Laboured requiring or showing effort
Synonyms: 困難
Troubled characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need
Synonyms: 困難
Difficulty a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result
Synonyms: 厄介事, 問題, 困難, 邪魔, 障害, 難事
Rub an unforeseen obstacle
Synonyms: 困難, 故障
Trouble an event causing distress or pain
Synonyms: トラブル, 問題, 困難, 心配, 悩み, 悩む, 面倒, 面倒い
Suffering feelings of mental or physical pain
Synonyms: つらい, つらさ, づらい, 四苦八苦, 困難, 悩み, 悩む, 疾苦, 痛み, 痛む, 艱苦, , 苦い, 苦しみ, 苦しむ, 苦患, 苦悩, 苦痛, 苦衷, 辛い, 辛酸
Hot Potato a difficult situation
Synonyms: 困難
Hard requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
Synonyms: にくい, むずい, 困難, 難い, 難し, 難しい
Rugged severely testing stamina or resolution
Synonyms: タフ, きつい, つらい, づらい, 厳しい, 困難, 辛い
Hard especially physical effort
Synonyms: きつい, つらい, づらい, ハード, ヘビー, ヘヴィ, しんどい, 困難, 大変, 懸命, 苦しい, 辛い, 重たい, 難しい
Problematical hard to comprehend or solve or believe
Synonyms: ハード, とらえどころのない, 困難, 手ごわい, 手強い, 苦しい, 複雑, 難解

Meanings for each kanji in 困難

» quandary; become distressed; annoyed
» difficult; impossible; trouble; accident; defect

Categories 困難 is a member of

Effort use of physical or mental energy
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Obstruction something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted
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Occurrence an event that happens
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Painfulness emotional distress
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Condition a state at a particular time
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Difficulty a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome
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Situation a complex or critical or unusual difficulty
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Ill Luck an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes
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Cognitive Factor something immaterial (as a circumstance or influence) that contributes to producing a result
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Sample Sentences for 困難

He overcame many difficulties.
I managed to overcome the difficulty.
I'm having trouble reading the letters on the monitor.
The plan has many practical difficulties.
There lie many difficulties before us.

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