時艱

Reading

Kana: じかん

Romaji: jikan

Definition

noun

1

problems that affect a period of time; hardships peculiar to an age; hard problems of the times

Kanji

時

Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき

Meanings: time, hour

艱

Readings: カン、 ケン、 なや.む、 かた.い、 なや.み

Meanings: difficult, trying, be distressed, parent's funeral ceremony, mourning, perilous