なんてん
Nanten
難点 (Nanten) is a Japanese noun meaning “fault, weakness, flaw, defect”.
Meanings
- nounfault; weakness; flaw; defect; drawback; disadvantage
- nouncrux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
Examples
ビニールは熱に弱いのが難点だ。
The weakness of vinyl is that it is easily affected by heat.
彼の援助で私の父は難点を切り抜けた。
His support carried my father through.
あそこの食べ物はうまいし値段も安いが、地の利が悪いのが難点だね。
That place's food is great, and their prices are good, but the fly in the ointment is their terrible location.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).