櫛しっ風ぷう沐もく雨う

noun

struggling through wind and rain; undergoing hardships

A literary yojijukugo meaning to endure great hardships, originally from the image of being combed by the wind and washed by the rain. Rare in modern Japanese; mostly encountered in classical or formal contexts.

• 彼かれは櫛しっ風ぷう沐もく雨うの末すえに事じ業ぎょうを成せい功こうさせた。

  He succeeded in his business after enduring many hardships.