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苦心 (くしん, kushin) Japanese meaning: pains | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 苦心する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 苦く 心しん する 苦く 心しん しない Polite 苦く 心しん します 苦く 心しん しません Past polite 苦く 心しん しました 苦く 心しん しませんでした Past 苦く 心しん した 苦く 心しん しなかった Te-form 苦く 心しん して 苦く 心しん しないで Desire 苦く 心しん したい 苦く 心しん したくない Potential 苦く 心しん できる 苦く 心しん できない Passive 苦く 心しん される 苦く 心しん されない Causative 苦く 心しん させる 苦く 心しん させない Causative passive 苦く 心しん させられる 苦く 心しん させられない Volitional 苦く 心しん しよう Polite volitional 苦く 心しん しましょう Imperative 苦く 心しん しろ 苦く 心しん するな Conditional 苦く 心しん すれば 苦く 心しん しなければ Tara conditional 苦く 心しん したら 苦く 心しん しなかったら
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新あたら しい 企き 画かく を まとめる の に 苦く 心しん し て いる 。
I am having a hard time putting together the new project.
After much effort, I finally found a solution.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 に 苦く 心しん する to struggle over/take pains with something
We struggled hard developing the new product.
苦く 心しん の 末すえ に 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 after much effort/hard work, to (do something)
After much painstaking effort, we finally finished it.
苦く 心しん して 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something with great effort/pains
I had my family try the dish I made with a lot of effort.
Related words· 6 努力 is general effort or endeavor, while 苦心 emphasizes the mental strain and worry involved in overcoming a specific difficulty.
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.
工夫 highlights devising a clever method or idea, while 苦心 highlights the mental struggle and worry that goes into the process.
苦心 refers broadly to taking pains or struggling, whether mental or physical, while 腐心 specifically stresses racking one's brains and mental anguish over a problem.
Show 2 more 苦心 stresses the effort and ingenuity spent solving a problem, while 苦慮 stresses the anxious worry felt while trying to find a solution.
苦心する focuses on the practical effort and hardship of solving a problem, whereas 心を砕く carries a stronger emotional, worrying tone.
Don't confuse with 苦悩 means mental anguish or suffering with no goal in mind, whereas 苦心 is purposeful effort directed at solving a problem.
苦心 describes the careful effort or ingenuity spent solving a problem, while 苦労 focuses on the hardship or strain endured.
Written forms 苦く 心しん Usage 99%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
くしん Usage 1%
Etymology Compound of 苦 (ku, 'suffering, pain') and 心 (shin, 'heart, mind'), literally 'painful mind', referring to mental toil.
