苦く学がく

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

working one's way through school; self-supporting study

Specifically refers to studying while working to pay for one's own school expenses, often under financial hardship.

• 彼かれはアルバイトをしながら苦く学がくして大だい学がくを卒そつ業ぎょうした。

  He worked his way through college and graduated.

• 苦く学がくの末すえ、ようやく資し格かくを取とることができた。

  After years of working and studying, I finally obtained the qualification.

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

studying under adversity; studying in harsh economic circumstances

Emphasizes the difficult conditions under which one studies, not necessarily implying self-support; often overlaps with sense 1.

• 貧まずしい家か庭ていに生うまれ、苦く学がくして医い者しゃになった。

  Born into a poor family, he studied under adversity and became a doctor.