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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

難なん色しょく

nanshoku

reluctance, disapproval

Usually used as 難色を示す. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 彼女かのじょは私わたしがウィーンへ行いくことに難色なんしょくを示しめした。

    She disapproved of my trip to Vienna.

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  2. 当初とうしょはニーチェ論ろんを書かきたかったが、指導教授しどうきょうじゅが難色なんしょくを示しめしたためショウペンハウアーに関かんするものにした。

    He wanted to write about Nietzsche at first, but he eventually changed his theme to Schopenhauer because his academic adviser hesitated about his first theme.

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

  3. 元就もとなりは当初とうしょ難色なんしょくを示しめしたものの、小早川氏こばやかわしを自陣営じじんえいに留とめたい大内義隆おおうちよしたかの強つよい勧すすめもあり承諾しょうだくした。

    Although Motonari initially frowned, Yoshitaka OUCHI, who wanted to keep allied with the Kobayakawa clan, urged him to accept the suggestion, to which he obeyed.

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

Kanji in 難色

  • 難difficult; impossibleOnナンKunかたい・むずかしい・むづかしい
  • 色colorOnショク・シキKunいろ

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