苦くるしみ

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

Refers to physical or mental pain, distress, or hardship. Often used in emotional or existential contexts, but can also describe physical suffering.

〈苦くるしみ〉に耐たえるto endure suffering
彼かれは病びょう気きの苦くるしみに耐たえながら治ち療りょうを続つづけた。
He continued treatment while enduring the suffering of his illness.
〈苦くるしみ〉を味あじわうto experience/taste suffering
戦せん争そうは多おおくの人ひと々びとに苦くるしみを味あじわわせた。
The war made many people experience great suffering.
〈苦くるしみ〉から逃のがれるto escape from suffering
彼かの女じょはその苦くるしみから逃のがれるために旅たびに出でた。
She went on a trip to escape from that suffering.
〈苦くるしみ〉を乗のり越こえるto overcome suffering
彼かれらはともに苦くるしみを乗のり越こえてきた。
They have overcome hardship together.

塗と炭たんの苦くるしみextreme misery; great distress
生うみの苦くるしみlabor pains; birth pangs · throes of creation; struggle to produce something new

苦く痛つうN3
苦痛 leans toward clinical or acute physical pain, while 苦しみ covers a broader range of emotional and existential suffering as well.
痛いたみN4
痛み is mainly physical pain, whereas 苦しみ also includes mental and emotional distress.
苦く悩のうN1
苦悩 emphasizes prolonged mental anguish or agonizing over a problem, while 苦しみ is the more general word for pain or suffering of any kind.
苦く
苦しみ is the everyday, concrete noun for suffering or pain, while 苦 is more abstract and mainly appears in compounds and set phrases.

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受じゅ難なん
苦しみ is the everyday, general word for pain or suffering, while 受難 is more formal and often used for a specific, dramatic ordeal.
苦く難なん
苦しみ is the everyday word for pain or suffering felt by a person, while 苦難 is a more formal term for the hardship or trial causing it.

喜よろこびN3
喜び is the feeling of joy or happiness, the direct opposite of the pain and distress expressed by 苦しみ.
楽たのしみN4
苦しみ means suffering or pain, the opposite of the pleasant feeling of 楽しみ.

苦くるしさ
苦しさ (from the adjective 苦しい) describes the degree or intensity of hardship felt in a moment, while 苦しみ refers to the experience or state of suffering itself.

Nominalized form of the verb 苦しむ (to suffer), from the adjective 苦しい (painful). The kanji 苦 means 'suffering' or 'hardship'.