甘かん苦く

noun

sweetness and bitterness; joys and sorrows

A literary or formal compound that pairs sweetness with bitterness, often used metaphorically for life's ups and downs. Not an everyday conversational word.

• 人じん生せいの甘かん苦くを経けい験けんして、人ひとは成せい長ちょうする。

  People grow by experiencing the joys and sorrows of life.

• この小しょう説せつは、恋れん愛あいの甘かん苦くを描えがいている。

  This novel depicts the sweetness and bitterness of love.