Illustration: On the narrow landing of a Japanese apartment building, two movers confront a tall wooden cabinet wedged between opposing stair turns. Its top nearly touches the ceiling, and its bottom cannot swing past the railing.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

難なん題だい

nandai

difficult problem, challenge

Example sentences

君きみはそれらの難題なんだいに対処たいしょしなくてはならない。
You have to cope with those difficult problems.
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それは難題なんだいだな。
It is a difficult problem.
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一難去いちなんさってまた一難いちなん、またまた難題なんだいが社長しゃちょうからトップダウンで降おりてきたよ。
No sooner had we finished working on one tough problem than the president sent us yet another straight from the top.
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Kanji in 難題

難difficult; impossibleOnナンKunかたい・むずかしい・むづかしい
題topic; subjectOnダイ

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