Illustration: Outside a Japanese railway station in light rain, a commuter holds a remarkably compact folding umbrella whose tiny storage pouch fits easily in their palm. The umbrella opens properly and keeps their head dry, but its narrow canopy leaves both shoulders and the bag at their side visibly wet.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

難なん点てん

nanten

drawback, weak point

Example sentences

  1. あそこの食たべ物ものはうまいし値段ねだんも安やすいが、地ちの利りが悪わるいのが難点なんてんだね。

    That place’s food is great, and their prices are good, but the fly in the ointment is their terrible location.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼かれの寛容かんようさは、難点なんてんが無ないわけではないが、とても良よい性向せいこうである。

    His openness is a very positive quality, although not without its drawbacks.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 難点なんてんは、しびれが切きれやすいことである。

    The negative side of sitting in seiza style is that it often causes the legs to fall asleep.

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

Kanji in 難点

  • 難difficult; impossibleOnナンKunかたい・むずかしい・むづかしい
  • 点spot; pointOnテンKunつける・つく・たてる

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