苦く渋じゅうの決けつ断だん

expression, noun

agonizing decision; painful choice

A decision made after much anguish and internal struggle; often used in formal or serious contexts.

• 彼かれは苦く渋じゅうの決けつ断だんを下くだした。

  He made an agonizing decision.

• 会かい社しゃは苦く渋じゅうの決けつ断だんで工こう場じょうを閉へい鎖さした。

  The company closed the factory in a painful decision.