艱かん苦く

noun

hardship; suffering; privation; adversity

A somewhat formal or literary term for severe hardship, privation, or adversity. Often used in written or elevated contexts.

• 彼かれは長なが年ねんの艱かん苦くに耐たえ抜ぬいた。

  He endured years of hardship.

• 艱かん苦くを乗のり