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    3. 難渋

    難渋

    難なん渋じゅう

    suffering

    KMT10News #45+1Noun, Adjective, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab29 strokes

    なんじゅう

    Noun, Adjective, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    suffering, distress, difficulty, hardship, misery, being bogged down, hurdle

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    その問もん題だいに難なん渋じゅうした。

    I had difficulty with that problem.

    KMT5Core Concepts
    交こう渉しょうは難なん渋じゅうを極きわめ、なかなか合ごう意いに至いたらなかった。

    The negotiations were extremely difficult, and an agreement was not easily reached.

    KMT10Business & FinanceEmotions & Psychology
    計けい画かくは資し金きん調ちょう達たつの段だん階かいで難なん渋じゅうし、一いち時じ中ちゅう断だんせざるを得えなかった。

    The plan ran into difficulties at the fundraising stage and had to be temporarily suspended.

    KMT10Business & FinanceCore Concepts
    彼かれの病びょう状じょうは難なん渋じゅうし、家か族ぞくは深ふかい悲かなしみに暮くれた。

    His medical condition was severe, and his family was plunged into deep sorrow.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyMedicine & HealthFamily & Relationships
    困こん難なんな状じょう況きょうに難なん渋じゅうしながらも、彼かれは決けっして希き望ぼうを捨すてなかった。

    Even while struggling through difficult circumstances, he never gave up hope.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyCore Concepts

    Kanji that make up this word

    難
    かた.い・-がた.い・むずか.しい・むづか.しい・むつか.しい・-にく.い…(3)
    difficult・impossible・trouble・accident・defect
    渋
    しぶ・しぶ.い・しぶ.る…(2)
    astringent・hesitate・reluctant・have diarrhea
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