難渋

Japanese

Kanji in this term
なん
Grade: 6
じゅう
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
難澁 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んじゅう [nàńjúú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [nã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑɨː]

Noun

(なん)(じゅう) • (nanjūなんじふ (nanzifu)?

  1. difficulty, hindrance
  2. affliction, hardship

Adjective

(なん)(じゅう) • (nanjūなんじふ (nanzifu)?-na (adnominal (なん)(じゅう) (nanjū na), adverbial (なん)(じゅう) (nanjū ni))

  1. bogged down, hindered

Inflection

Verb

(なん)(じゅう)する • (nanjū suruなんじふ (nanzifu)?suru (stem (なん)(じゅう) (nanjū shi), past (なん)(じゅう)した (nanjū shita))

  1. to meet with difficulty
  2. to be troubled
  3. to suffer from

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN