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JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

難なん解かい

nankai

difficult to understand

Example sentences

  1. この小説しょうせつは難解なんかいだ。

    This novel is difficult to understand.

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  2. 彼かれの理論りろんは難解なんかいだ。

    His theory is difficult to understand.

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  3. 現代詩げんだいしはしばしばきわめて難解なんかいだ。

    Modern poetry is often most obscure.

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Kanji in 難解

  • 難difficult; impossibleOnナンKunかたい・むずかしい・むづかしい
  • 解untie; understandOnカイ・ゲKunとく・とかす・とける

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