Word Meaning 至難の業

しなんのわざ shinan no waza

至難の業 is read as しなんのわざ (shinan no waza) and means Herculean task.

Meaning

English

  1. Herculean task
  2. next-to-impossible undertaking

Reading

Kana

しなんのわざ

Romaji

shinan no waza

Writing Variants

  • 至難の技 しなんのわざ shinan no waza

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 38 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Proverb Rank 83330 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

至難

しなん

most difficult

難事業

なんじぎょう

uphill task

国連難民救済事業機関

こくれんなんみんきゅうさいじぎょうきかん

UN Relief and Works Agency

創業は易く守成は難し

そうぎょうはやすくしゅせいはかたし

it is easy to start an enterprise but hard to maintain it

職業性難聴

しょくぎょうせいなんちょう

occupational hearing loss

至急

しきゅう

urgent

至る所

いたるところ

everywhere

至る

いたる

in the extreme case of

至福

しふく

beatitude

至上

しじょう

supremacy

至って

いたって

very much

至上命令

しじょうめいれい

unconditional command

Example Sentences

1

It is like looking for a needle in a haystack.