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困ったことに

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 困ったことに.

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Entry

困ったことに困った事にこまったことにExpressionFreq #14600
1

the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

quandary, become distressed, annoyed

7 strokesFrequency 843JLPT N2Grade 6

On

コン

Kun

こま.る

matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly

8 strokesFrequency 18JLPT N3Grade 3

On

Kun

ことつか.うつか.える

Nanori

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