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苦悩する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

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

Meanings

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

mental agony; anguish; distress

Refers to deep mental or emotional suffering, often prolonged. Used as both a noun and a suru-verb.

彼かれは長ながい間あいだ、罪ざい悪あく感かんに苦く悩のうしていた。
He suffered from guilt for a long time.
人じん生せいの意い味みについて苦く悩のうする若わか者ものが増ふえている。
More young people are agonizing over the meaning of life.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉に苦く悩のうするto agonize over something
彼かれは将しょう来らいの進しん路ろに苦く悩のうしている。
He is agonizing over his future path in life.
苦く悩のうを抱かかえるto carry a deep mental anguish
彼かの女じょは誰だれにも言いえない苦く悩のうを抱かかえている。
She carries a deep anguish she can't tell anyone about.
苦く悩のうの表ひょう情じょうを浮うかべるto show an anguished expression
彼かれは苦く悩のうの表ひょう情じょうを浮うかべて黙だまり込こんだ。
He fell silent with an anguished expression on his face.
苦く悩のうから逃のがれるto escape from one's anguish
彼かれは苦く悩のうから逃のがれるために一人ひとり旅たびに出でた。
He went on a solo trip to escape his anguish.

Kanji

苦suffering, trial, worry
悩trouble, worry, in pain

Related words· 9

苦くるしみN2
苦しみ is a broader term for physical or mental pain, while 苦悩 specifically emphasizes deep, prolonged mental anguish.
悩なやみN2
悩み refers to everyday worries or troubles, whereas 苦悩 implies a heavier, more existential kind of distress.
苦く痛つうN3
苦痛 often describes acute physical or mental pain in the moment, while 苦悩 describes a lingering, deep mental torment.
苦く悶もん
苦悶 stresses an intense, almost physical writhing in agony, while 苦悩 stresses sustained inner mental suffering.

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苦く渋じゅう
苦悩 emphasizes prolonged mental torment or worry, while 苦渋 often points to the bitterness felt over one painful, hard-to-make decision.
悶もん々もんN1
苦悩 is a formal noun meaning deep anguish or suffering, whereas 悶々 specifically emphasizes the restless, unresolved quality of the distress.
悶もだえる
苦悩する is a more formal, purely mental term for agonizing over a problem, while 悶える carries a stronger sense of visible or bodily anguish.
苦く慮りょ
苦悩 describes deep emotional anguish or suffering, while 苦慮 is more about the intellectual struggle to find a solution to a problem.
葛かっ藤とう
苦悩 emphasizes deep mental anguish or suffering, while 葛藤 focuses on the pull between opposing feelings or interests causing that suffering.

Don't confuse with

苦く心しんN2
苦悩 means mental anguish or suffering with no goal in mind, whereas 苦心 is purposeful effort directed at solving a problem.
苦く戦せん
苦悩 shares the kanji 苦 with 苦戦 but means mental anguish or agonizing, not a difficult fight or contest.
苦く労ろうN3
苦悩 refers specifically to deep mental anguish or inner torment, while 苦労 more broadly covers physical toil as well as worry.
苦く難なん
苦悩 refers to inner mental anguish or worry, while 苦難 refers to external hardship or trials one must endure.

Etymology

Compound of 苦 (ku, 'suffering') and 悩 (nō, 'worry, distress'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally conveys deep mental torment.