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苦労
くろう
Common word
N3
Nouns
trouble; hardship; difficulty; labor; toil; pains · anxiety; worry; concern; cares
苦しい
くるしい
Common word
N3
い-adjectives
painful; physically hard; tough · distressing; emotionally painful; awkward · financially tight; needy; struggling · strained; forced; far-fetched · hard to do; unpleasant to do
苦しむ
くるしむ
Common word
N3
Verbs
suffer; be in pain; struggle; be troubled
苦痛
くつう
Common word
N3
Nouns
pain; agony; suffering; distress
苦しみ
くるしみ
Common word
N2
Nouns
pain; suffering; anguish; hardship
苦情
くじょう
Common word
N3
Nouns
complaint; grievance; objection
苦しめる
くるしめる
Common word
N1
Verbs
torment; inflict physical pain; hurt · harass; cause emotional pain; distress; bother
苦戦
くせん
Common word
Nouns
hard fight; struggle; close game
苦悩
くのう
Common word
N1
Nouns
mental agony; anguish; distress
苦笑
くしょう
Common word
Nouns
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh
ご苦労
ごくろう
Nouns
trouble; hard work · thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
苦言
くげん
Common word
Nouns
candid advice; frank advice; honest opinion
苦難
くなん
Common word
Nouns
hardship; suffering; trial
クララ
くらら
Nouns
Sophora flavescens; shrubby sophora
苦境
くきょう
Common word
Nouns
difficult situation; predicament; dilemma
堅苦しい
かたくるしい
N1
い-adjectives
stiff; formal; ceremonious; strict
苦行
くぎょう
Nouns
ascetic practice; penance; mortification · hardship; ordeal; strenuous task
苦渋
くじゅう
Common word
Nouns
bitterness; distress; anguish · bitterness and astringency
苦心
くしん
Common word
N2
Nouns
pains; hard work; effort; trouble
苦闘
くとう
Nouns
hard fight; difficult struggle
苦慮
くりょ
Common word
Nouns
worry; be anxious; rack one's brains
苦悶
くもん
Nouns
anguish; agony; torment
苦労人
くろうにん
Nouns
worldly-wise person; person who has seen much of life
クッソ
くっそ
Nouns
kousso; African redwood
苦学
くがく
Nouns
working one's way through school; self-supporting study · studying under adversity; studying in harsh economic circumstances
生活苦
せいかつく
Nouns
hardships of life; financial struggles
苦楽
くらく
Nouns
pleasure and pain; joys and sorrows
労苦
ろうく
Nouns
labor; toil; hardship
苦役
くえき
Nouns
toil; drudgery; hard labor · penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor
辛苦
しんく
Common word
Nouns
hardship; toil; trouble
三重苦
さんじゅうく
Nouns
triple handicap; triple affliction
クーリー
Nouns
coolie
苦節
くせつ
Nouns
unremitting effort; dogged perseverance; unswerving loyalty
苦汁
くじゅう
Nouns
bitter liquid; bitter experience
二重苦
にじゅうく
Nouns
double hardship; double whammy
五陰盛苦
ごおんじょうく
Nouns
suffering caused by the five skandhas
人間苦
にんげんく
Nouns
human suffering
借金苦
しゃっきんく
Nouns
suffering from debt; pain of being in debt
八苦
はっく
Nouns
the eight kinds of suffering
刻苦
こっく
Nouns
hard work; assiduous effort
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