1Difficulty; hardship — a state involving obstacles or trouble that makes something hard to do or resolve.
資金不足がこの計画最大の困難だ。
The lack of funding is the biggest difficulty facing this plan.
彼女はどんな困難にも負けずに前へ進んだ。
She kept moving forward without being defeated by any difficulty.
留学生活には言葉の壁という困難がつきまとう。
Studying abroad always comes with the difficulty of the language barrier.
会社は経営上の困難を乗り越えて業績を回復させた。
The company overcame its management difficulties and recovered its performance.
2A euphemistic way of saying something is practically impossible to carry out; often used in business settings to politely decline something.
誠に恐れ入りますが、ご希望の納期での対応は困難です。
I'm very sorry, but meeting your requested delivery date is not feasible.
予算の都合上、追加の人員配置は困難と言わざるを得ません。
Given the budget constraints, we have to say that assigning additional staff is not feasible.