難なんなく

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

easily; without difficulty; with no trouble

Used to describe accomplishing something smoothly, without encountering obstacles or problems. Often modifies verbs of completion or achievement.

彼かれは難なんなく試し験けんに合ごう格かくした。
He passed the exam easily.
その問もん題だいは難なんなく解かい決けつできた。
We were able to solve the problem without any difficulty.

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Usage patterns

難なんなく〈動どう詞し〉to do something easily/without trouble
彼かれは難なんなく試し験けんに合ごう格かくした。
He passed the exam without any trouble.
難なんなく突とっ破ぱするto break through/overcome something easily
そのチームは決けっ勝しょう戦せんを難なんなく突とっ破ぱした。
The team breezed through the final match without difficulty.
難なんなく成せい功こうするto succeed at something easily
新あたらしい計けい画かくは難なんなく成せい功こうした。
The new plan succeeded without any hitches.

Kanji

難difficult, impossible, trouble
無nothingness, none, ain't

Related words

すんなりN2
すんなり conveys smoothness or lack of resistance (and can even describe physical slenderness), whereas 難なく focuses purely on the absence of difficulty in an achievement.
楽らく々らく
難なく focuses on the absence of difficulty or obstacles, while 楽々 additionally suggests a relaxed, comfortable manner of doing something.

Written forms

難なんなくUsage83%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
なんなくUsage17%
難なん無なく
Alternate kanji spelling using 無く instead of なく; less common but still encountered.

Etymology

Compound of 難 (nan, 'difficulty') + なく (naku, adverbial form of ない 'not exist'), literally 'without difficulty'. The kanji spelling 難なく is the standard representation.