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理解に苦しむ (りかいにくるしむ) — to be unable to understand | Kumi Dictionary

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理解に苦しむ

理解に苦しむ

理りかい解に苦くるしむ

to be unable to understand

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りかいにくるしむ

Verb

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to be unable to understand, to baffle one's understanding, to be beyond one's comprehension

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logic・arrangement・reason・justice・truth

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