Illustration: A wooded mountain trail reaches a short, steep rock passage fitted with a safety chain. The ordinary dirt path is visible below and resumes beyond the rocks. A hiker carefully grips the chain, searching for a foothold while keeping a backpack clear of an overhang.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

難なん所しょ

nansho

difficult stretch of a route

Example sentences

  1. 道中最大どうちゅうさいだいの難所なんしょであった。

    It was also the most dangerous spot along the way.

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

  2. この区間くかんには地じすべりの難所なんしょがあり、経路変更けいろへんこうが繰くり返かえされた。

    In this section, there is a dangerous spot where landslides often occur and the line’s route has been repeatedly changed.

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

  3. 京都府きょうとふと福井県ふくいけんを結むすぶ街道かいどうである周山街道上しゅうざんかいどうじょうの難所なんしょである。

    This pass is a chokepoint on the Shuzan-kaido Road, which connects Kyoto Prefecture and Fukui Prefecture.

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

Kanji in 難所

  • 難difficult; impossibleOnナンKunかたい・むずかしい・むづかしい
  • 所place; extentOnショKunところ・どころ・とこ

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