"前途多難" meaning in Japanese

See 前途多難 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [d͡zẽ̞nto̞ta̠nã̠ɴ]
Etymology: Yojijukugo (四(よ)字(じ)熟(じゅく)語(ご)) formed from 前途(ぜんと) (zento, “future prospects”) + 多難(たなん) (tanan, “much difficulty”). Etymology templates: {{ja-glossary|Yojijukugo}} Yojijukugo, {{ja-r|四%字%熟%語|よ%じ%じゅく%ご|rom=-}} 四(よ)字(じ)熟(じゅく)語(ご), {{sortkey|ja}} せんとたなん', {{ja-yojijukugo}} Yojijukugo (四(よ)字(じ)熟(じゅく)語(ご)), {{ja-com|前途|ぜんと|多難|たなん|t1=future prospects|t2=much difficulty}} 前途(ぜんと) (zento, “future prospects”) + 多難(たなん) (tanan, “much difficulty”) Head templates: {{ja-adj|ぜんとたなん|infl=na}} 前(ぜん)途(と)多(た)難(なん) • (zentotanan) -na (adnominal 前(ぜん)途(と)多(た)難(なん)な (zentotanan na), adverbial 前(ぜん)途(と)多(た)難(なん)に (zentotanan ni)) Forms: 前途多難 [canonical] (ruby: (ぜん), (), (), (なん)), zentotanan [romanization], 前途多難な [adnominal] (ruby: (ぜん), (), (), (なん)), 前途多難に [adverbial] (ruby: (ぜん), (), (), (なん)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 前途多難だろ [imperfective, stem], ぜんとたなんだろ [imperfective, stem], zentotanan daro [imperfective, stem], 前途多難で [continuative, stem], ぜんとたなんで [continuative, stem], zentotanan de [continuative, stem], 前途多難だ [stem, terminative], ぜんとたなんだ [stem, terminative], zentotanan da [stem, terminative], 前途多難な [attributive, stem], ぜんとたなんな [attributive, stem], zentotanan na [attributive, stem], 前途多難なら [hypothetical, stem], ぜんとたなんなら [hypothetical, stem], zentotanan nara [hypothetical, stem], 前途多難であれ [imperative, stem], ぜんとたなんであれ [imperative, stem], zentotanan de are [imperative, stem], 前途多難ではない [informal, negative], 前途多難じゃない [informal, negative], ぜんとたなんではない [informal, negative], ぜんとたなんじゃない [informal, negative], zentotanan de wa nai [informal, negative], zentotanan ja nai [informal, negative], 前途多難だった [informal, past], ぜんとたなんだった [informal, past], zentotanan datta [informal, past], 前途多難ではなかった [informal, negative, past], 前途多難じゃなかった [informal, negative, past], ぜんとたなんではなかった [informal, negative, past], ぜんとたなんじゃなかった [informal, negative, past], zentotanan de wa nakatta [informal, negative, past], zentotanan ja nakatta [informal, negative, past], 前途多難です [formal], ぜんとたなんです [formal], zentotanan desu [formal], 前途多難ではありません [formal, negative], 前途多難じゃありません [formal, negative], ぜんとたなんではありません [formal, negative], ぜんとたなんじゃありません [formal, negative], zentotanan de wa arimasen [formal, negative], zentotanan ja arimasen [formal, negative], 前途多難でした [formal, past], ぜんとたなんでした [formal, past], zentotanan deshita [formal, past], 前途多難ではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], 前途多難じゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], ぜんとたなんではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], ぜんとたなんじゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], zentotanan de wa arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], zentotanan ja arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], 前途多難で [conjunctive], ぜんとたなんで [conjunctive], zentotanan de [conjunctive], 前途多難なら(ば) [conditional], ぜんとたなんなら(ば) [conditional], zentotanan nara (ba) [conditional], 前途多難だったら [conditional, past], ぜんとたなんだったら [conditional, past], zentotanan dattara [conditional, past], 前途多難だろう [volitional], ぜんとたなんだろう [volitional], zentotanan darō [volitional], 前途多難に [adverbial], ぜんとたなんに [adverbial], zentotanan ni [adverbial], 前途多難さ [noun-from-adj], ぜんとたなんさ [noun-from-adj], zentotanansa [noun-from-adj], 前途多難 [alternative, kanji, kyūjitai]
  1. having bad prospects; having much difficulty lying ahead
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "四%字%熟%語",
        "2": "よ%じ%じゅく%ご",
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        "1": "前途",
        "2": "ぜんと",
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          "前",
          "ぜん"
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        [
          "途",
          "と"
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        [
          "多",
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          "難",
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          "途",
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          "途",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
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    {
      "form": "前途多難だろ",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "ぜんとたなんだろ",
      "source": "inflection",
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    },
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      "form": "zentotanan daro",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "stem"
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    {
      "form": "前途多難で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
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    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難だ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんだ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan da",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難な",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんな",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
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    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難なら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan nara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難であれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan de are",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難ではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難じゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan de wa nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難だった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難ではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難じゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難です",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難ではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難じゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難でした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難ではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難じゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難なら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難だったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難だろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanansa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "kanji",
        "kyūjitai"
      ]
    }
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      },
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      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
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        },
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          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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          "parents": [],
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          "parents": [],
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          "parents": [],
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          "parents": [],
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        {
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "having bad prospects; having much difficulty lying ahead"
      ],
      "id": "en-前途多難-ja-adj-K~VzePJt",
      "links": [
        [
          "bad",
          "bad"
        ],
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          "prospect",
          "prospect"
        ],
        [
          "difficulty",
          "difficulty"
        ],
        [
          "lying ahead",
          "lie ahead"
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡zẽ̞nto̞ta̠nã̠ɴ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "ぜんと・たなん"
    }
  ],
  "word": "前途多難"
}
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        "t2": "much difficulty"
      },
      "expansion": "前途(ぜんと) (zento, “future prospects”) + 多難(たなん) (tanan, “much difficulty”)",
      "name": "ja-com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Yojijukugo (四(よ)字(じ)熟(じゅく)語(ご)) formed from 前途(ぜんと) (zento, “future prospects”) + 多難(たなん) (tanan, “much difficulty”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "前途多難",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "前",
          "ぜん"
        ],
        [
          "途",
          "と"
        ],
        [
          "多",
          "た"
        ],
        [
          "難",
          "なん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難な",
      "roman": "zentotanan na",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "前",
          "ぜん"
        ],
        [
          "途",
          "と"
        ],
        [
          "多",
          "た"
        ],
        [
          "難",
          "なん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難に",
      "roman": "zentotanan ni",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "前",
          "ぜん"
        ],
        [
          "途",
          "と"
        ],
        [
          "多",
          "た"
        ],
        [
          "難",
          "なん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難だろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんだろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan daro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難だ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんだ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan da",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難な",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんな",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難なら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan nara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難であれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan de are",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難ではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難じゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan de wa nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難だった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難ではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難じゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難です",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難ではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難じゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難でした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難ではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難じゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難なら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難だったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難だろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanan ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ぜんとたなんさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zentotanansa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前途多難",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "kanji",
        "kyūjitai"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ぜんとたなん",
        "infl": "na"
      },
      "expansion": "前(ぜん)途(と)多(た)難(なん) • (zentotanan) -na (adnominal 前(ぜん)途(と)多(た)難(なん)な (zentotanan na), adverbial 前(ぜん)途(と)多(た)難(なん)に (zentotanan ni))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese adjectives",
        "Japanese compound terms",
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms read with on'yomi",
        "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with 前 read as ぜん",
        "Japanese terms spelled with 多 read as た",
        "Japanese terms spelled with 途 read as と",
        "Japanese terms spelled with 難 read as なん",
        "Japanese terms with 4 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
        "Japanese terms with complex pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese yojijukugo",
        "Japanese な-na adjectives",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "having bad prospects; having much difficulty lying ahead"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bad",
          "bad"
        ],
        [
          "prospect",
          "prospect"
        ],
        [
          "difficulty",
          "difficulty"
        ],
        [
          "lying ahead",
          "lie ahead"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡zẽ̞nto̞ta̠nã̠ɴ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "ぜんと・たなん"
    }
  ],
  "word": "前途多難"
}

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