Keyword
difficult
Info
FrequencyTop 300-400
Type
Kyōiku (6th grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 5
Heisig1703
Old form
Readings
なん
(31%)
がた
(6%)
にく
(3%)
Composed of
blades of grass
mouth
husband
old bird
Mnemonic

A husband with a big mouth is hiding in the grass from an old bird that he pissed off. You never want to piss off an old (hence very experienced) killer bird. It's really difficult to run away from such a killing machine, so the only thing you can do is to hide in the bushes and hope it doesn't find you.

Used in kanji (2 in total)
rough seas
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Used in vocabulary (391 in total)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
difficult to ...; hard to ...
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
calamity; misfortune; disaster
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
difficult problem; challenge
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock
a little difficult; slightly hard; not feasible; not possible
unreasonable demand
refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.)
theft; robbery
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
shelter; safe shelter; evacuation shelter; place of refuge
degree of difficulty
slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
to avoid misfortune; to escape danger
evacuees; displaced persons; refugees
hard to get; hard to come by
thank you; thanks
labored breathing; laboured breathing; dyspnea; dyspnoea
to blame; to find fault with
most difficult; next to impossible
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
formidable enemy
perilous pass (on a route or journey); rough spot
beyond help; past salvation; incorrigible; irredeemable
having many difficulties in store; grim prospects
difficulty; trouble
to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge
difficult; hard
incurable disease
hard-to-forgive; intolerable; inexcusable; unpardonable
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
evacuation site; exposure; refuge shelter; shelter
peril; danger; hazard; distress
to be a problem
sufferings; ordeals; agony; Passion (of Christ); crucifixion
difficulty
difficult situation
shipwreck
to blame; to find fault with
hard problem; person hard to please; hard nut to crack
trial and tribulation; hardships; privations; difficulties
evacuation advisory; official advice to evacuate
hardships; privations; difficulties
national crisis; national disaster
suffering; distress; difficulty; hardship; misery; being bogged down
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
difficult delivery; difficult childbirth; dystocia
one difficulty; one danger
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
economic difficulties; financial difficulties; fiscal difficulties
evacuation order; evacuation notice
full of troubles, difficulties
food shortage; food scarcity; difficulty of obtaining food
difficult to obtain; difficult to get
Caught in the Rain
hardness of hearing; bradyacusia; deafness; hearing loss
drowning; flood; shipwreck
trouble with women
place of refuge; refugee destination
thank you; thanks
rescue; salvage
at all costs; at any cost; surmounting all difficulties
to blame; to find fault with
one thing after another; out of the frying pan and into the fire
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
financial difficulties
unforgettable; memorable
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
escape route; evacuation route
difficulty of finding employment (due to a job shortage)
accident at sea; maritime accident
many obstacles; innumerable difficulties
value; worth; virtue; blessing
to be grateful; to feel grateful; to be thankful
living in evacuation shelters
value; worth; virtue; blessing
unshakable; immovable; undeniable
burglar-proof; antitheft
to regard someone with odium; to look at someone with reproach
to blame; to find fault with
great disaster; calamity
unapproachable; inaccessible; difficult to access
hard to do
unwelcome favor; unwelcome favour; misplaced kindness
shortage of capital; lack of funds; cash flow problem
uphill task; difficult undertaking (project)
difficult problem or question
to meet with misfortune
hard-to-get-into university; elite university; highly-selective university
difficult musical piece
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully
rough or steep path
uncontrollable; irrepressible
difficulty; relative difficulty
future problems; consequences
evacuation route; escape route (for evacuees)
unapprovable; unable to be confirmed
to heap abuse upon (a person); to criticize strongly; to blast (someone)
all obstacles; all sorts of trouble
hard to see; obscured
enraged outcry; loud protest; being bitterly criticized by others; being loudly denounced by others
value; worth; virtue; blessing
thank you very much
intolerable; unbearable
accident at sea; sea disaster; shipwreck
to criticize; to point out faults; to speak ill of
hard to see; obscure; indistinct; illegible
to avoid misfortune; to escape danger
hard-to-get-into school; elite school; highly-selective school
intractable (diseases); hard to cure; rebellious; insurgent; refractory
formidable; not to be sneered at; not to be made light of
criticism; censure
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
difficulties in living
it's easier said than done; (lit.) saying is easy; doing is hard
the Seven Misfortunes and Eight Pains; a series of disasters
to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge
to accept (a thing) with thanks
difficult to read (e.g. obscure kanji)
(calamity of) perishing by the sword; being wounded by the sword
to criticize; to point out faults; to speak ill of
person who is hard to please; difficult person; grouch; sourpuss
value; worth; virtue; blessing
the Seven Misfortunes; great number of faults or defects
fire calamity
hard to control; unmanageable
deep-rooted (suspicion, etc.)
hard-to-get-into university; elite university; highly-selective university
unwelcome favor; unwelcome favour; misplaced kindness
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
difficult to solve; intractable (problem)
to accept (a thing) with thanks
sea rescue; air-sea rescue; ASR
misfortune; calamity
predicament; difficult situation
hard to read; illegible
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
evacuation door; escape hatch
flame retardance; flame resistance; incombustibility
calamity; evil; misfortune
designated evacuation shelter
wrecked ship; ship in distress
small misfortune
insurance against theft
evacuation site; refuge shelter; shelter
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
hard to attain to
difficult to hear; indistinct; hesitating to ask; awkward to ask; unpleasant to hear; painful to listen to
difficult role
abstruseness; abstruse word
difficult to eat; unpalatable
refugee status determination; refugee recognition; certification of refugee status
steep; dangerous
to meet with disaster
net cafe refugee; homeless person living in an Internet cafe
financial difficulties; pecuniary embarrassment
a 'seeming' of ill fortune concerning women
difficult to say which of the two is better; hard to tell which is better; (there is) little to choose between them
various difficulties
inconvenient (residence); unpleasant (surroundings); difficult (to live in)
difficult to approach; inaccessible
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; UNHCR
the hard way; striving for enlightenment through one's own efforts (as opposed to reliance on Amitabha)
difficulty of getting into a college
I'm sorry to trouble you
thank you very much
rescue ship; salvage boat
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
misfortune; calamity
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully
(illuminated) emergency exit signs
net cafe refugee; homeless person living in an Internet cafe
difficult to write or draw; does not write well (pen, brush, etc.)
indigestible; digestion-resistant; hard-to-digest
sudden deafness; SD; sudden sensorineural hearing loss; SSHL
incurable illness
to regard someone with odium; to look at someone with reproach
attacking by argument; denunciation; condemnation; heated controversy
accidental death (esp. while climbing mountains or being shipwrecked)
trials and tribulations; adversities; suffering hardships and troubles
the hardest thing of all
person stranded due to mass transit disruptions after an earthquake, etc.
awkward (difficult) question
denunciation; criticism
person stranded due to mass transit disruptions after an earthquake, etc.
religious persecution
fire escape; fire ladder
ball which is hard to hit or catch
sudden or unexpected disaster
(engaging in a round of) mutual criticism; repeated attacks on each other
being driven to the wall; finding oneself between the devil and the deep blue sea; finding oneself between a rock and a hard place
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
thank you for your continued patronage
labor shortage; labour shortage
nanba walking; walking with the arm and leg on each side of the body moving in sync
difficult matter or case
difficulty of obtaining
internally displaced person
difficult to explain
hard to replace (with other person)
overcoming a difficulty; breaking through a barrier; clearing a hurdle
deaf person; hearing-impaired person
enraged outcry; loud protest; being bitterly criticized by others; being loudly denounced by others
enraged outcry; loud protest; being bitterly criticized by others; being loudly denounced by others
trials and tribulations; adversities; suffering hardships and troubles
there is no place like home; home is sweet to an exile
distress of war
Arduous March; North Korean famine of the late 1990s
someone unable to fulfil their shopping needs (esp. in areas of depopulation or due to lack of transport); people who have been cut off from the retail sector; (lit.) shopping refugee
something difficult to teach
suffering (from illness)
difficult sentence
difficult to come
refuge; evacuation center
study hard while you are young; (lit.) boys grow old easily but getting learned is harder
steep; dangerous
worker who does not have time to eat lunch
mountain (pile) of difficult problems
difficult word
unable to decline; hard to refuse
difficult phrase
Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
can't occur easily; difficult to happen
marine accident inquiry; marine accident enquiry
difficult (to obtain, receive permission, access, etc.); tough (to do, etc.)
difficult reading of a kanji
difficult to make friends with
The Trouble with Harry
emergency evacuation map; escape route plan; escape route map
fake refugee; phony refugee; illegal migrant disguised as a refugee
becoming more difficult (e.g. exam); increasing difficulty
to heap abuse upon (a person); to criticize strongly; to blast (someone)
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
risky; dangerous; insecure
thank you for your continued patronage
enraged outcry; loud protest; being bitterly criticized by others; being loudly denounced by others
difficult to solve; intractable (problem)
deep-rooted (suspicion, etc.)
scratch-resistant
Naniwa Bay (old name for Osaka Bay)
hard to replace (with other person)
person who is hard to please; grouch; complainer; whiner
hard to understand; hard to accept
illegible; indecipherable
difficult to translate; untranslatable
(engaging in a round of) mutual criticism; repeated attacks on each other
nanba running; running with the arm and leg on each side of the body moving in sync
to be thankful; to feel grateful; to show one's gratitude
It is hard to explain; It is hard to say
difficult; hard
easy (to ...)
(degree of) difficulty
both people are superb in skill (and thus it is hard to rank them)
Marine Accidents Inquiry Agency
(television or radio signal's) poor reception
elucidation of a difficult passage
fault-finding
learning disability; learning disabled
certificate of theft (for insurance purposes, etc.)
terribly difficult
over-qualified person; over-educated person (unable to find a job); (lit.) educational refugee
life is not easy; life is hard
living is difficult; dying is easy
it is easy to start an enterprise but hard to maintain it
difficult character; complicated kanji
digestion resistant dextrin; indigestible dextrin
occupational hearing loss; occupational deafness
hereditary deafness; genetic deafness
it's hard to discipline one's mind; (lit.) defeating the bandits in the mountains is easy; defeating the bandit in one's heart is hard
vertical evacuation (e.g. in a building during a tsunami)
difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.)
one cannot live solely by oneself; one cannot accomplish anything solely by oneself; (lit.) clapping with one hand is hard
noise-induced hearing loss; NIHL
safe-haven currency
Flirting with Disaster (film)
Cherokee rose (Rosa laevigata)
value; virtue; blessing
value; virtue; blessing
Examples (200 in total)
It's more difficult than you think.
Do you understand the difficulty of my job?
That isn't so difficult, is it?