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苦楽 (kuraku) Japanese meaning: pleasure and pain | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 じ 字
Expressions 苦く 楽らく を 共とも にする share joys and sorrows; stick together through thick and thin Related words 喜き 怒ど 哀あい 楽らく 喜怒哀楽 refers to the full range of human emotions (joy, anger, sorrow, pleasure), while 苦楽 specifically contrasts hardship and enjoyment.
Etymology Compound of 苦 (pain, hardship) and 楽 (pleasure, comfort). The reading is on'yomi for both characters.
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彼かれ と は 長なが 年ねん 苦く 楽らく を 共とも に し て き た 。
I have shared both hardships and pleasures with him for many years.
