苦く労ろう

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苦労する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	苦く労ろうする	苦く労ろうしない
Polite	苦く労ろうします	苦く労ろうしません
Past polite	苦く労ろうしました	苦く労ろうしませんでした
Past	苦く労ろうした	苦く労ろうしなかった
Te-form	苦く労ろうして	苦く労ろうしないで
Desire	苦く労ろうしたい	苦く労ろうしたくない
Potential	苦く労ろうできる	苦く労ろうできない
Passive	苦く労ろうされる	苦く労ろうされない
Causative	苦く労ろうさせる	苦く労ろうさせない
Causative passive	苦く労ろうさせられる	苦く労ろうさせられない
Volitional	苦く労ろうしよう
Polite volitional	苦く労ろうしましょう
Imperative	苦く労ろうしろ	苦く労ろうするな
Conditional	苦く労ろうすれば	苦く労ろうしなければ
Tara conditional	苦く労ろうしたら	苦く労ろうしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

trouble; hardship; difficulty; labor; toil; pains

Refers to physical or mental effort, struggle, or difficulty in doing something. Often used in the phrase 苦労する (to have a hard time, to struggle).

子こ育そだては本ほん当とうに苦く労ろうが多おおい。
Raising children involves a lot of hardship.
彼かれは若わかい頃ころ、ずいぶん苦く労ろうしたらしい。
It seems he went through a lot of hardships when he was young.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

anxiety; worry; concern; cares

Focuses on mental worry or emotional burden rather than physical effort. Often used in contexts of personal concerns or anxieties.

彼かれはいつもお金かねの苦く労ろうが絶たえない。
He is always plagued by money worries.
そんな小ちいさなことで苦く労ろうする必ひつ要ようはない。
There's no need to worry about such a small thing.

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Usage patterns

苦く労ろうを重かさねるto go through repeated hardships
彼かれは成せい功こうするまで多おおくの苦く労ろうを重かさねた。
He went through many hardships before he succeeded.
苦く労ろうが絶たえないto have never-ending troubles
子こ育そだてには苦く労ろうが絶たえない。
Raising children brings never-ending troubles.
苦く労ろうの末すえに〈動どう詞し〉after much hardship, to (do something)
長ながい苦く労ろうの末すえに彼かの女じょは夢ゆめを実じつ現げんした。
After much hardship, she finally realized her dream.
苦く労ろうを惜おしまないto spare no effort or hardship
彼かれは家か族ぞくのためなら苦く労ろうを惜おしまない。
He spares no effort for the sake of his family.

Expressions

ご苦く労ろうさんthanks for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
苦く労ろうをかけるcause trouble; burden someone
若わかい時ときの苦労くろうは買こうてもせよspare no effort while you are young; heavy work in youth is quiet rest in old age
若わかい時ときの苦く労ろうは買かってもせよspare no effort while you are young; hardships in youth pay off later

Kanji

苦suffering, trial, worry
労labor, thank for, reward for
勞thank for, reward for

Related words· 15

困こん難なんN3sense 1
困難 is a formal word for objective difficulty, while 苦労 stresses the personal experience of struggling through hardship.
心しん配ぱいN5sense 2
心配 is the everyday word for worry about a specific concern, while 苦労 (sense 2) suggests an ongoing, general burden of cares.
苦く難なん sense 1
苦難 is a literary word for severe suffering or adversity, whereas 苦労 covers everyday effort and trouble as well.
骨ほね折おり sense 1
骨折り emphasizes physical exertion or effort put into a task, while 苦労 also covers the mental strain and worry involved.

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手てこずるN1
苦労する is a broad word for enduring hardship or difficulty in general, while 手こずる specifically describes struggling to manage or control a particular person or task.
一ひと苦く労ろうN1
苦労 is the general word for hardship or toil over time, while 一苦労 zooms in on one specific, often manageable episode of trouble.
辛しん酸さん
苦労 is the common, everyday word for hardships or toil, while 辛酸 is a literary term that emphasizes the bitterness of the suffering endured.
労ろう
苦労 stresses hardship and worry that comes with an effort, while 労 is the more neutral, formal term for the effort or toil itself.
憂うき目め
苦労 is an everyday word covering effort, trouble, or hardship in general, while 憂き目 specifically names an unfortunate experience one suffers and appears mainly in set literary phrases.
辛しん苦く
苦労 is the common, everyday word for hardship or trouble, while 辛苦 is more formal and literary, often implying prolonged suffering.
悩なやみN2
苦労 emphasizes hardship and toil, often physical or practical, while 悩み is more about mental or emotional distress.
苦く心しんN2
苦労 refers to hardships and toil endured over a longer period, often physical or life-related, while 苦心 is focused mental effort spent solving a particular problem.
労ろう力りょくN1
苦労 highlights hardship and suffering, whereas 労力 is more neutral about the difficulty of the work.
腐ふ心しん
苦労 describes general hardship or trouble one goes through, whereas 腐心 focuses narrowly on intense mental effort spent solving or figuring out one specific thing.
労ろう作さく
苦労 focuses on the hardship and trouble one goes through, while 労作 highlights the laborious effort itself or its resulting product.

Opposites

楽らくN4sense 1
楽 means ease and comfort, the direct opposite of the toil and hardship expressed by 苦労.
安あん楽らく
苦労 means hardship or toil, the direct opposite of the ease and comfort described by 安楽.

Politeness

ご苦く労ろう
苦労 is the plain, unmarked noun for hardship or effort, while ご苦労 is its polite form used to refer respectfully to someone else's trouble.

Don't confuse with· 6

苦く悩のうN1sense 2
苦悩 refers specifically to deep mental anguish or inner torment, while 苦労 more broadly covers physical toil as well as worry.
苦く心しんN2sense 1
苦心 describes the careful effort or ingenuity spent solving a problem, while 苦労 focuses on the hardship or strain endured.
徒と労ろう
苦労 shares the kanji 労 with 徒労 but means hardship or trouble endured, not effort that turned out to be fruitless.

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苦く慮りょ
苦労 refers to hardship or trouble endured through effort, whereas 苦慮 specifically refers to anxious deliberation over how to solve a problem.
苦く情じょうN3
苦労 shares the kanji 苦 with 苦情 but means hardship or trouble one goes through, not a complaint made to someone.
功こう労ろう
苦労 means hardship or toil one endures, while 功労 means the praiseworthy service or achievement resulting from effort; the two share the kanji 労 and are easily confused in sound.

Word family· 9

ご苦く労ろう
trouble; hard work · thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
一ひと苦く労ろうN1
a hard time; trouble; pains
苦く労ろう人にん
worldly-wise person; person who has seen much of life
気き苦ぐ労ろう
worry; anxiety; mental strain
取とり越こし苦ぐ労ろう
overanxiety; needless worry; borrowing trouble

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苦く労ろう性しょう
nervous temperament; worry-prone nature; pessimistic disposition
苦く労ろう話ばなし
hardship story; tale of one's struggles
艱かん難なん苦く労ろう
trials and tribulations; hardships and struggles
苦く労ろうし抜ぬく
go through all sorts of hardships; endure great difficulties

Built from

苦く+労ろう

Written forms

苦く労ろうUsage98%
Standard modern kanji spelling.
くろうUsage2%
クロウUsage<1%
苦く勞ろうUsage<1%
out-dated kanji form
Outdated kanji form using 勞; not used in modern Japanese.

Etymology

Compound of 苦 (ku, 'suffering') and 労 (rō, 'labor'). The combination conveys the idea of suffering through toil or hardship.