一ひと苦く労ろう

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一苦労する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

a hard time; trouble; pains

Refers to a single, notable instance of difficulty or effort, often used with する to mean 'to have a hard time' or 'to go through trouble'.

〈事こと〉に一ひと苦く労ろうするto have a hard time with something
新あたらしいパソコンの設せっ定ていに一ひと苦く労ろうした。
I had quite a struggle setting up the new computer.
〈事こと〉は一ひと苦く労ろうだsomething is quite a hard task
大おおきな荷に物もつを運はこぶのは一ひと苦く労ろうだ。
Carrying such a big load is quite a chore.
〈人ひと〉に一ひと苦く労ろうさせられるto be made to go through a hard time by someone/something
子こ供どもの宿しゅく題だいの手伝てつだいに一ひと苦く労ろうさせられた。
Helping my kid with homework really put me through the wringer.

苦く労ろうN3
苦労 is the general word for hardship or toil over time, while 一苦労 zooms in on one specific, often manageable episode of trouble.
一ひと仕し事ごと
一仕事 frames something as 'quite a job' or task requiring effort, whereas 一苦労 stresses the difficulty or pain involved rather than the task itself.
手て間まN3
手間 focuses on the time and labor a task takes, while 一苦労 highlights the struggle or hardship of getting through it.

Compound of 一 (ひと, 'one') and 苦労 (くろう, 'hardship'), literally 'one hardship'.