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困難 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • difficult adjective Hard to do; requiring a lot of effort, skill, or thought.
  • difficulty noun The state or quality of being hard to do, understand, or manage.
  • hard adj Solid and firm; not easily broken, cut, or dented.
  • painful adj Causing physical or emotional pain.
  • strait noun A narrow stretch of water that connects two larger seas or bodies of water.

Senses

困難 is used for these senses in English:

  • difficult Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.
  • difficulty An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal.
  • hard Difficult or requiring a lot of effort to do, understand, experience, or deal with.
  • painful Requiring effort or labor; difficult, laborious. [from 15th c.]
  • strait (often, in the plural) A difficult position.

difficult — full definition

  1. adjective Hard to do; requiring a lot of effort, skill, or thought.
  2. adjective Hard to deal with; uncooperative or awkward in manner.

difficulty — full definition

  1. noun The state or quality of being hard to do, understand, or manage.
  2. noun A problem or obstacle that stands in the way of something.

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