| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 難しい | むずかしい | difficult |
| 困難 | こんなん | difficult |
| 災難 | さいなん | calamity, misfortune |
| 盗難 | とうなん | theft, robbery |
| ~難い | ~にくい | difficult, harde (aux-adj) |
| 侮り難い敵 | あなどりがたいてき | formidable enemy |
| 批難 | ひなん | blame, attack, criticism |
| 殉難 | じゅんなん | martyrdom |
| 殉難者 | じゅんなんしゃ | victim, martyr |
| 災難に遭う | さいなんにあう | to meet with misfortune |
| 至難 | しなん | most difficult, next to impossible |
| 遭難 | そうなん | disaster, shipwreck, accident |
| 遭難信号 | そうなんしんごう | distress signal, SOS |
| 遭難者 | そうなんしゃ | victim, survivor, sufferer |
| 避難 | ひなん | taking refuge, finding shelter, evacuation, escape |
| 避難民 | ひなんみん | refugees, evacuees |
| 難 | なん | difficulty, hardships, defect |
| 難問 | なんもん | perplexity, difficult question, difficult problem |
| 難易 | なんい | difficulty, relative difficulty |
| 難民 | なんみん | refugees |
| 難波潟 | なにわがた | Naniwa Bay (old name for Osaka Bay) |
| 難渋 | なんじゅう | retardation |
| 難病 | なんびょう | incurable disease |
| 難色 | なんしょく | disapproval |
| 非難 | ひなん | blame, attack, criticism |