LingakuFrequency rank: 3,349. – 3,350.
- difficulty; hardship; trouble; distress
- infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- difficulty; hardship; trouble; distress
- infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
This meaning refers to various forms of struggles or challenges that a person may encounter in life, whether emotional, physical, or situational.
This meaning indicates the lack of ability or practicality to accomplish a certain task or goal.
Generated collocations (experimental)
こんなん困難をのりこえる乗り越えるto overcome difficultiesこんなん困難なもんだい問題difficult problemこんなん困難なじょうきょう状況difficult situationこんなん困難をかかえる抱えるto face difficultiesこんなん困難にちょくめん直面するto confront difficultiesこんなん困難をかんじる感じるto feel difficultyじつげん実現こんなん困難difficult to realizeこんなん困難をこくふく克服するto overcome hardshipsせいしんてき精神的こんなん困難mental difficultiesこんなん困難をともにする共にするto share in difficultiesこんなん困難にたちむかう立ち向かうto face challenges
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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Many things are easy to talk about, but difficult to actually carry out.
It's hard for an old man to change his way of living.
For good or ill, there is no way but this to tide over the difficulty.
It would be difficult to improve the device without an effective catalyst.
The problem is how we cope with the present difficulties.
It was foggy, so it was hard to make out the figures of people walking.
Since her father's death, she has gone through a lot of hardships.
The widowed mother had to go through a lot of hardships.
I found it difficult to make out what she was saying.
It is difficult, if not impossible, to persuade him.
Despite the hardships, they persisted in giving each of their children a college education.