なん
難
じゅう
渋

adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, noun, takes する, intransitive verb

  1. suffering, distress, difficulty, hardship, misery, being bogged down, hurdle.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
なん
難
じゅう
渋
 難渋 なんじゅう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

difficult, impossible, trouble
ナン　むずか.しい　かた.い (6th, N3)
the violet(菫) variant
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
husband, man
フ　おっと　フウ (4th, N3)
large, big
ダイ　おお-　た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
bird, old bird radical (no. 172)
サイ　スイ　とり (Kentei 1)
human radical (no. 9)
lord, chief, master
シュ　あるじ　ぬし (3rd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
king, rule, magnate
オウ　-ノウ　おお (1st, N3)
astringent, hesitate, reluctant
しぶ　ジュウ (9th, N1)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
stop, halt
と.まる　シ　どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク　うらな.う　うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15)
ヒョウ　こおり (Kentei 1)