English–Japanese

“difficulty” in Japanese

Japanese

Also難易 (nan'i)

Romajinan

彼は大きな難を乗り越えました。kare wa ō ki na nan o no ri ko e ma shi ta

He overcame a great difficulty.

“Difficulty” in Japanese is 難 (nan).

Presents a task or situation as requiring effort to overcome.

チーム全員でその難に立ち向かいました。chī mu zen in de so no nan ni ta chi mu ka i ma shi ta

The whole team faced that difficulty together.

In conversation, 難 (nan, "difficulty") is less common by itself than in fixed expressions and compounds, while 難しい (muzukashii) is the usual everyday form for "difficult."

nan'i

noundifficulty

この二つの問題の難易を比べます。ko no futa tsu no mon dai no nan i o kura be ma su

I compare the difficulty of these two problems.