苦く

noun

pain; suffering; hardship; worry

Broad term for physical or mental suffering, distress, anxiety, or difficulty. Often used in compounds and set phrases.

• 彼かれは長ながい間あいだ、心こころの苦くるしみに耐たえてきた。

  He has endured mental anguish for a long time.

• 人じん生せいの苦くを乗のり越こえる。

  Overcome the hardships of life.

noun

duhkha (Buddhist suffering)

Buddhist term for the fundamental suffering inherent in existence. Often appears in compounds like 八苦 (the eight sufferings).

See also: 八苦

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは、生しょう老ろう病びょう死しは四し苦くとされる。

  In Buddhism, birth, aging, sickness, and death are considered the four sufferings.