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JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

難なん航こう

nankou

to run into difficulties

Example sentences

  1. 建設けんせつに当あたり、淀川以北よどがわいほくのルート選定せんていは難航なんこうした。

    Prior to the construction, the selection of the route to the north of the Yodo-gawa River was a very difficult task.

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

  2. しかし、警察けいさつを運営うんえいする資金調達しきんちょうたつに難航なんこうしたことから、居留地会きょりゅうちかいは神奈川奉行かながわぶぎょうに警察権けいさつけんを返上へんじょうした。

    The Settlement Party ran into difficulties raising funds to cover the administration and operation of a police force, however, so they relinquished their police powers to the magistrate of Kanagawa.

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

  3. 日朝修好条規にっちょうしゅうこうじょうきにおいて、釜山以外ぷさんいがいに二港にこうを開港かいこうするとしながら、どこにするかという具体論ぐたいろんになると交渉こうしょうは難航なんこうした。

    The Japanese-Korean Treaty of Amity provided that two ports would be opened besides Busan, but negotiations to decide the exact places were proceeding with difficulty.

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

Kanji in 難航

  • 難difficult; impossibleOnナンKunかたい・むずかしい・むづかしい
  • 航navigate; sailOnコウ

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