WORD DETAIL
難聴
なんちょう
Examples
Included kanji
Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure:
難聴is a noun readなんちょう, meaning hearing loss or impaired hearing. - Basic usage: Use
加齢に伴う難聴について学ぶfor learning about age-related hearing loss and難聴の人にも伝わるようfor making information accessible to people with hearing loss.講座で加齢に伴う難聴について学んだ。describes learning about age-related hearing loss in a course;難聴の人にも伝わるよう文字の案内を用意した。describes preparing written guidance so that people with hearing loss can receive the information too.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
難聴について学ぶについてmarks hearing loss as the subject of study.
難聴の人にものlinks the condition to the people, andにもexplicitly includes them among the recipients.
伝わるようようexpresses the purpose of preparing the written guidance.

