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Keyword
difficult
Info
FrequencyTop 300-400
Type
Kyōiku (6th grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 5
Heisig1703
Old form難
Readings
なん
(31%)
がた
(6%)
にく
(3%)
がと
(1%)
Composed of
艹
blades of grass
口
mouth
夫
husband
隹
old bird
Mnemonic

A husband with a big mouth is hiding in the grass from an old bird that he pissed off. You never want to piss off an old (hence very experienced) killer bird. It's really difficult to run away from such a killing machine, so the only thing you can do is to hide in the bushes and hope it doesn't find you.

Used in kanji (2 in total)
灘
rough seas
儺
???
Used in vocabulary (391 in total)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
388 more...
Examples (200 in total)
It's more difficult than you think.
Do you understand the difficulty of my job?
That isn't so difficult, is it?
This world is difficult.
This work is difficult for us.
This work isn't difficult.
It's difficult to answer this question.
This problem seems difficult.
This problem is a real challenge.
This question is too difficult for me.
This problem is too difficult for me to explain.
This book is too difficult for me.
This book is especially difficult to read.
This book is too difficult for me to understand.
This book is hard for me to read.
This book is too difficult for me to read.
This book is too hard for me.
This book is too difficult to read.
This book is too difficult for you to read.
This book is too difficult to understand.
Isn't it hard?
This is very difficult.
This was harder than I thought it would be.
This is too difficult for me to understand.
This is difficult.
But that's very, very difficult.
Was that too difficult?
Is that so difficult?
Was it difficult to do?
That's very difficult.
It seems very difficult for me.
That's difficult.
It is a difficult problem.
Is that so hard to do?
Is it really that difficult to do that?
Doing that was harder than I expected.
That wasn't so hard, was it?
Where did you learn such a difficult word?
It is difficult to decide where to go.
Yes, but it'll be difficult.
It's not difficult to do.
Was it difficult to make?
It is very difficult for you to do this work.
It was rather difficult for me to make out what he was saying.
His name is very difficult to remember.
He found it hard to make friends.
I want her to do the difficult work.
It was harder than I thought.
At first, it is difficult.
It wasn't hard to understand.
It's certainly a difficult problem.
It is difficult for me to understand this question.
It is difficult for me to read the book.
It is difficult for me.
It's too difficult for me.
I found it difficult to read the book.
It is difficult to know oneself.
That's difficult to explain.
I know it's difficult.
It's not a difficult problem.
This is a difficult situation.
Don't use hard words.
It's not hard.
He found it difficult to please his father.
I found it difficult to please her.
I tried to please him, which I found very difficult.
It's very difficult to understand him.
I tried to avoid her, but it was hard, considering we were in the same class.
It's difficult to understand his ideas.
Do you think there is another answer to this difficult problem?
This is a difficult question.
The more difficult the questions are, the less likely I'll be able to answer them.
The question was too difficult to answer.
That's a very difficult question.
The more difficult the questions are, the less likely I am to be able to answer them.
He is now in a very difficult situation.
I don't think there's anything so difficult as recognizing one's own weakness.
Don't ask me such difficult questions.
It is difficult to satisfy everyone.
It is a very difficult job for us.
Your question is very hard to answer.
Which one do you think is more difficult?
It was hard for them to get to the island.
It is difficult to finish the work in a day.
It is difficult to keep up a conversation with someone who only says "yes" and "no".
This was too difficult a problem for her to solve.
The problem is difficult to solve.
It was a problem difficult to solve.
In my opinion, it would be difficult to solve this problem.
I found out that it was difficult for her to solve that problem.
The first step is always the hardest.
It is difficult to convey the meaning exactly.
The students said the story was too difficult.
It is hard to master it in a year or two.
Books such as these are too difficult for him.
It's a lot harder than it looks.
It was too difficult for me.
I cannot fix this machine. It's very difficult.
It's a difficult choice.
This problem is too difficult for me to solve.
This problem is difficult to solve.
This problem is difficult for me to solve.
I found it difficult to solve that problem right away.
I found it difficult to solve the problem.
It is difficult for him to solve the problem.
He tried to solve the problem, which he found very difficult.
It is difficult for me to solve that problem.
It's difficult for me to express my thoughts in words.
It's hard to explain, but I'll try.
He lent me a book, which was too difficult for me.
It's difficult to evaluate his ability.
The operation of this machine is too difficult for me.
That was a very difficult exam.
The examination was not difficult in the least.
The last examination was very difficult.
The exam was too difficult for me.
The exam wasn't hard.
He found it difficult to swim to the island.
When to set off is a difficult problem.
It is difficult to understand this novel.
This novel is too difficult for me to read.
His novels are too deep for me.
This question is too difficult for me to answer.
It's difficult to help people when they don't want your help.
The difficulty in life is the choice.
I found it difficult to convince her.
It is hard for the couple to live together any longer.
This is the most difficult book I have ever read.
"How was the test?" "It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be."
Yesterday's test was very difficult.
It's difficult to prove that ghosts exist.
He is a man hard to get on with.
Climbing this mountain is very difficult.
Life is hard. Death is cheap.
This problem is too difficult to deal with.
It is difficult for me to handle the case.
I don't know what to do about this difficult problem.
To know oneself is very difficult.
Initially I found it difficult to deal with my new environment.
Who can deal with this difficult situation?
I find it difficult to do all this work in a day.
This problem is not so difficult that you can't solve it.
I can't solve this problem. It's too difficult for me.
The problem was so difficult that I couldn't solve it.
The problem was too difficult for me to solve.
The problem is too difficult to solve.
The situation was getting difficult to deal with.
Our task has been easy so far, but it will be difficult from now on.
He took on the difficult work.
That's a very complicated problem.
It's a good idea, to be sure, but it's hard to put it into practice.
That's a problem difficult to solve.
It is difficult to solve this problem.
I wish you would tell me what I ought to do in this difficult situation.
This mountain is difficult to climb.
I know the situation is very difficult for us.
I know this is hard.
I thought it difficult to do the work alone.
Travelling was much more difficult in those days.
It was very difficult.
It was difficult for us to decide which one to buy.
Tom seems to be having a little difficulty.
Life is, at best, a sea of troubles.
Our teacher will give us difficult problems.
Doctors have a difficult problem.
Explain to him the difficult situation you are in.
Whether it may be hard or not, I must do it.
When he got into trouble, he turned to his parents for help.
It will be difficult for him to get up so early.
His life is full of trouble.
I found it difficult to understand what he was saying.
He is aware that the work is difficult.
He had trouble breathing.
He can't cope with difficult situations.
He is used to hard work.
He succeeded in the face of many difficulties.
He told us he had gone through many hardships.
He succeeded in the face of great difficulties.
They are aware of the difficulties.
They brought trouble on themselves.
I found it difficult to make out what she was saying.
We must get over this difficulty.
A new difficulty has arisen.
Since her father's death, she has gone through a lot of hardships.
It is difficult for me to understand him.
We found it difficult to walk in the deep snow.
We always begin with the hardest problems.
We encountered many difficulties.
It was hard for me to refuse his request.
We are in a difficult situation.
The plan has many practical difficulties.
This problem is too difficult for elementary school children to solve.
We shall overcome all our difficulties.
It is difficult to walk 60 kilometers a day.
It seems that there is no way out of our difficulty.
You took shelter under a tree.
We took shelter under a tree.
I had to take shelter under a tree.
It will be hard for you to speak English.
This English book is too difficult for me to read.