- なんぶつ
- [難物] a person hard to please 気むずかしい人poser【C】《略式》難問, 難題.難物
hard problem
person hard to please
hard nut to crack* * *なんぶつ【難物】a person hard to please 気むずかしい人poser〖C〗《略式》難問, 難題.* * *なんぶつ【難物】〔扱いにくい人〕 a tough customer; a person hard to please [deal with]; 〔やっかいな事〕 an awkward thing to handle; a hard nut to crack; a difficulty; 〔難問〕 a hard [difficult] problem [question]; 《口》 a puzzler.●あの男はなかなかの難物です. He is a tough customer.
・2 番の問題が難物だった. The second question was a puzzler [baffled me].
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.