問 題(もんだい)をはらむ

もんだいをはらむ

expression

to be fraught with problems; to harbor latent issues

1. to be fraught with problems; to contain hidden issues

Said of a plan, situation, or proposal that carries hidden or unresolved problems likely to surface later. Here はらむ means to harbor or contain something internally.

この案(あん)は問題(もんだい)をはらんでいる。

This proposal is fraught with problems.

計画(けいかく)は多(おお)くの問題(もんだい)をはらんでいた。

The plan was fraught with many problems.

急(きゅう)な制度(せいど)改革(かいかく)は、現場(げんば)の混乱(こんらん)という問題(もんだい)をはらんでいる。

An abrupt institutional reform is fraught with the problem of confusion on the ground.

The verb はらむ literally means to be pregnant or to swell; figuratively it means to harbor or contain something within. 問題(もんだい)をはらむ describes something carrying hidden problems not yet visible.

Usage

Almost always used in the ている form: 問題(もんだい)をはらんでいる.
はらむ takes other abstract objects too: 危険(きけん)をはらむ (to be fraught with danger), 矛盾(むじゅん)をはらむ (to contain a contradiction).

Similar words

問題(もんだい)がある: there is a problem — plainer, and refers to a problem that is already apparent rather than latent

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Added 2026.5.18 12:04 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02

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