困難

• 読み: こんなん
• ローマ字: konnan
• 漢字の分解: 困 (kon) — be troubled, suffer; 難 (nan) — difficult, hard
• 発音: /koɴ.naɴ/

意味

Difficulty; hardship; trouble. A serious challenge or obstacle.

Functions as both a noun and na-adjective (困難な). More formal and serious than 大変 or 難しい. Often used in written language, news, and academic contexts to describe significant challenges such as economic hardship or obstacles to progress.

例文

1. 多くの困難を乗り越えて彼は成功した。
2. 資金不足で計画の実行が困難になった。
3. 困難な状況でも諦めないことが大切だ。

使い方ガイド

場面: news, academic, formal speech

トーン: serious

起源と歴史

Compound of 困 (kon, to be troubled/in difficulty) and 難 (nan, difficult/hard). Both characters convey hardship, creating an emphatic expression of difficulty.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal