[しょうがい(P);しょうげ(障碍;障礙), shougai (P); shouge ( shougai ; shou gai )] (n, vs) (1) obstacle; impediment; hindrance; difficulty; barrier; (2) (しょうがい only) (See 視力障害) handicap; impairment; disability; disorder; malfunction; (P) #1497
[こんなん, konnan] (adj-na, n) difficulty; distress; (P) #2573
[むずかしい(P);むつかしい, muzukashii (P); mutsukashii] (adj-i) (1) difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.); (2) fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased; (3) gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look); (4) (arch) dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable; (5) (arch) unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky; (P) #2593
[たいへん, taihen] (adv) (1) very; greatly; (adj-na, n) (2) immense; enormous; great; (3) serious; grave; dreadful; terrible; (4) difficult; hard; (5) (arch) major incident; disaster; (P) #3111
[ほね, hone] (n) (1) bone; (2) frame; (3) outline; core; (4) backbone; spirit; fortitude; (adj-na, n) (5) laborious; troublesome; difficult; (P) #3507
[とうげ, touge] (n, n-suf) ridge; (mountain) pass; difficult part; (P) #3930
[gan] (adv-to) (1) (on-mim) thump; thud (dull sound representing something being hit); (2) severe; difficult; hard #4517
[たつ, tatsu] (v5t, vi) (1) (立つ only) to stand; to rise; to stand up; (2) (立つ only) to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); (3) to depart (on a plane, train, etc.); (P) #5867
[なん, nan] (n, n-suf) difficulty; hardships; defect; (P) #5991
[めんどう, mendou] (adj-na, n) trouble; difficulty; care; attention; (P) #6912
[みみょう, mimyou] (adj-na, n) (1) delicate; subtle; sensitive; (2) difficult; delicate (situation); complicated; (3) doubtful; questionable; dicey; (P) #7073
[ししょう, shishou] (n) obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty; (P) #7088
[なんい, nan'i] (n) difficulty; relative difficulty; (P) #9602
[かたい(難い)(P);にくい(P);がたい(難い), katai ( gatai )(P); nikui (P); gatai ( gatai )] (aux-adj) difficult; hard; (P) #9974
[く, ku] (n) (1) pain; anguish; suffering; distress; anxiety; worry; trouble; difficulty; hardship; (2) { Buddh } (See 八苦) duhkha (suffering) #14872
[づらい, durai] (aux-adj) difficult to (do something) #15870
[かねる, kaneru] (aux-v) (1) (See 兼ねない) to be unable to (usu. kana); to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do (usu. kana); (v1, vt) (2) to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; (3) to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside; (4) to hesitate to do something (out of consideration for others); (5) to think of the future (as well as the present); (P) #17407
[なんこう, nankou] (n, vs) (1) difficult voyage; hard flight; (2) rough going; rough passage; running into trouble; stormy passage; (P) #18162
[かたし, katashi] (adj-f) (arch) (See 難い) difficult; hard #19943
[izakoza] (n) trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle; (P)
[がんばりや, ganbariya] (n) someone who battles on in difficult circumstances
[goneru] (v1, vi) to grumble; to make difficulties
[しょむずかしい, shomuzukashii] (adj-i) (obsc) terribly difficult
[sunnari] (adv, adv-to, vs) (1) (on-mim) slim; slender; (2) (on-mim) smoothly; without resistance; without trouble; without difficulty; without dissent; easily; readily
[choi muzu ; choimuzu] (n, adj-na) (abbr) (sl) slightly difficult
[muzui ; muzu i] (adj-i) (abbr) difficult
[modokashii] (adj-i) irritating (e.g. when having difficulty expressing oneself); frustrating; tantalizing; tantalising; slow-going; not quick enough; irritated; impatient
[やっとのことで, yattonokotode] (exp) just managing; with great difficulty
[yoiyoi] (n) (col) (sens) locomotor ataxia; difficulty walking or speaking (due to alcoholism, a stroke, etc.); someone with this problem
[shiganusuromagunifikasu ; magunifishiento . rabittofisshu ; magunifishientorabittof] (n) magnificent rabbitfish (Siganus magnificus, species of rabbitfish found from Thailand to Java)
[ゼーゼーいう, ze-ze-iu] (exp, v5u) to wheeze; to breathe with difficulty; to gasp
[wanpu-aobato] (n) wompoo pigeon (Ptilinopus magnificus)
[あくとう, akutou] (n) difficult battle
[いよりなんへすすむ, iyorinanhesusumu] (v5m) to proceed from the easy to the difficult
[いちなん, ichinan] (n) one difficulty; one danger
[ひとたまりもない, hitotamarimonai] (exp, adj-i) without difficulty; without the least resistance; helplessly
[はめ, hame] (n) (1) (羽目 only) panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; (2) plight; fix; bind; awkward situation; difficult situation; mess; (P)
[あまつばめ;アマツバメ, amatsubame ; amatsubame] (n) (1) (uk) swift (any bird of family Apodidae); (2) fork-tailed swift (Apus pacificus)
[あまどり, amadori] (n) (arch) (See 雨燕・2) fork-tailed swift (Apus pacificus)
[ときがたい, tokigatai] (adj-i) difficult to solve
[きたくこんなんしゃ, kitakukonnansha] (n) travellers (e.g. commuters, students, etc.) who have difficulty returning home, esp. after a large-scale earthquake
[ぎじゅつてきにこんなん, gijutsutekinikonnan] (exp, adj-na) technically difficult
[つめる, tsumeru] (v1, vt) (1) to stuff into; to jam; to cram; to pack; to fill; to plug; to stop up; (v1, vt, vi) (2) to shorten; to move closer together; (v1, vt) (3) to reduce (spending); to conserve; (v1, vt, vi) (4) (usu. as 根を詰める) (See 根を詰める) to focus intently on; to strain oneself to do; (v1, vt) (5) to work out (details); (v1, vi) (6) to be on duty; to be stationed; (v1, vt) (7) to corner (esp. an opponent's king in shogi); to trap; to checkmate; (8) (the meaning "to jam one's finger" is predominantly used in Kansai) (See 指を詰める・1) to cut off (one's finger as an act of apology); to jam (one's finger in a door, etc.); (suf, v1) (9) to continue ...; to keep doing ... without a break; (10) to do ... completely; to do ... thoroughly; (11) to force someone into a difficult situation by ...; (P)
[きゅうすればつうず, kyuusurebatsuuzu] (exp) Necessity is the mother of invention; There is always some way out of a difficulty if you really look for one
[きゅうはく, kyuuhaku] (n, vs) financial difficulty; distress
[いづらい, idurai] (adj-i) difficult to be (in a place); not feeling like staying
[むなつきはっちょう, munatsukihacchou] (n) the most trying spot or period; the most difficult period
[くるしい, kurushii] (adj-i) (1) painful; difficult; agonizing; (2) (See 苦しい懐・くるしいふところ) needy; tight (budget); straitened (circumstances); (3) (See 苦しい言い訳・くるしいいいわけ) forced (smile, joke); lame (excuse); strained (interpretation); (4) awkward (situation); painful (position); (suf, adj-i) (5) (often ぐるしい) (See 寝苦しい・ねぐるしい, 聞き苦しい・ききぐるしい, 見苦しい・みぐるしい) (after masu stem) hard to do; unpleasant; (P)
[くがくりっこう, kugakurikkou] (n, vs) strenuous pursuit of learning under difficulties
[くじゅう, kujuu] (n, vs, adj-no) bitterness; mortification; difficulty in understanding; distress; affliction; (P)