Illustration: On the stairs of an older Japanese apartment building, two movers have brought a refrigerator almost to its destination, only to meet a very tight right-angle landing. The appliance stops diagonally between the handrail and the wall, with barely enough space for either mover to stand.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

難なん関かん

nankan

obstacle, hurdle

Example sentences

  1. 第一だいいちの難関なんかんはどうにか突破とっぱした。

    We have managed to overcome the first obstacle.

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  2. 私わたしは持もち前まえの頑張がんばりの精神せいしんで難関なんかんを突破とっぱした。

    I got over the difficulty with my characteristic tenacity.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 初はじめの一歩いちほが唯一ゆいいつの難関なんかん。

    The first step is the hardest.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 難関

  • 難difficult; impossibleOnナンKunかたい・むずかしい・むづかしい
  • 関connection; barrierOnカンKunせき・かかわる・からくり

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