焦しょう心しん苦く慮りょ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

worrying oneself; being anxious; fretting

A yojijukugo describing intense mental distress, worry, and anxiety. Often used in formal or literary contexts. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'to worry greatly'.

• 彼かれは将しょう来らいのことで焦しょう心しん苦く慮りょしている。

  He is worrying himself sick about the future.

• 焦しょう心しん苦く慮りょの末すえ、ようやく解かい決けつ策さくを見みつけた。

  After much anxious deliberation, he finally found a solution.