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百難 (ひゃくなん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

百ひゃく難なん

Meanings

1

noun

all obstacles; all sorts of trouble

Refers to every kind of difficulty or hardship, often used in expressions about overcoming adversity.

百ひゃく難なんを乗のり越こえて成せい功こうした。
They overcame all obstacles and succeeded.
人じん生せいには百ひゃく難なんがつきものだ。
Life is full of all sorts of trouble.

Kanji

百hundred
難difficult, impossible, trouble

Similar words

困こん難なん
困難 is a common word for 'difficulty' or 'hardship', while 百難 emphasizes the multitude or variety of troubles.

Etymology

Compound of 百 (ひゃく, 'hundred') and 難 (なん, 'difficulty'), literally 'hundred difficulties'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of numerous hardships.