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JLPT N2pre-noun adjectivalLevel estimated by Bebop

難なん読どく

nandoku

hard to read

Used before words such as 漢字, 地名, and 駅名. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 難読なんどく駅名えきめいとして有名ゆうめい。

    It is famous for having a name that is difficult to read.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 難読なんどく駅名えきめいのひとつ。

    It is one the station names that is difficult to read correctly in Japanese.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 大阪市営地下鉄谷町線喜連瓜破駅おおさかしえいちかてつたにまちせんきれうりわりえきなどと同様どうように難読なんどく駅えきの部類ぶるいにあたる地下鉄駅ちかてつえきである。

    This station is therefore counted among the subway stations whose names are the most difficult to read, along with stations such as Kire-Uriwari Station, which is on the Osaka Municipal Subway Tanimachi Line.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 難読

  • 難difficult; impossibleOnナンKunかたい・むずかしい・むづかしい
  • 読readOnドク・トク・トウKunよむ

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