艱かん難なん辛しん苦くかんなんしんくMeanings1nounhardships and difficulties; trials and tribulationsyojijukugo (four-character idiom)›A yojijukugo (four-character compound) emphasizing severe, prolonged hardship. Often used in formal or literary contexts.彼かれは艱かん難なん辛しん苦くを乗