難解

• 読み: なんかい
• ローマ字: nankai
• 漢字の分解: 難 (nan/muzuka) — difficult, trouble; 解 (kai/ge) — understand, solve, untie
• 発音: /naɴ.ka.i/

意味

Difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse; hard to comprehend.

A na-adjective and noun describing something intellectually difficult to grasp — 難解な文章 (an abstruse text), 難解な理論 (a complex theory). More formal and specific than 難しい (muzukashii, difficult), which covers all types of difficulty. 難解 focuses specifically on comprehension difficulty. Common in academic, literary, and intellectual contexts. The opposite is 平易 (heii, plain/easy to understand).

例文

1. この哲学書は非常に難解で何度も読み直した。
2. 難解な専門用語が多くて論文が読めない。
3. 彼の話はいつも難解で理解しにくい。

使い方ガイド

場面: academic, literature, intellectual discussion

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Sino-Japanese: 難 (nan, difficult/hard) + 解 (kai, understand/solve). Together they form 'difficult to understand' — specifically targeting comprehension difficulty rather than general hardness.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Educated