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adjective
unpleasant, disgusting, loathsome, shameful, scandalous
Other readings:
苦苦しい【にがにがしい】

noun
desperation measure

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
to look sour (disgusted)

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
penance, austerities, mortification, asceticism

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
working one's way through school, earning one's own school fees
2.
studying under adversity, studying in harsh economic circumstances

noun
vinegar(archaism, obscure)
Other readings:
苦酒【からさけ】
辛酒【からざけ】

noun
1.
pain, anguish, suffering, distress, anxiety, worry, trouble, difficulty, hardship
2.
duhkha (suffering)(Buddhist term)
See also:八苦

expression
no pain, no gain, no cross, no crown(proverb)
Other readings:
苦有れば楽有り【くあればらくあり】

noun
1.
toil, drudgery
2.
penal servitude, imprisonment (with hard labour)
See also:懲役

noun
sea of suffering, human realm(Buddhist term)
Other readings:
苦海【くがい】

noun
1.
world of suffering(Buddhist term)
2.
life of prostitution

noun, auxillary suru verb
strenuous pursuit of learning under difficulties(yojijukugo)

noun
coldest time of the year, bitter suffering

くきょう
kukyounitatsu
expression, Godan-tsu verb
to be in difficulties, to be in trouble, to be in a difficult situation

noun, auxillary suru verb
laborious composition, struggling to compose a poem

noun
hellish pain, suffering, distress, agony(Buddhist term)

げんてい
kugenwoteisuru
expression, suru verb (special)
to give candid advice, to give harsh but honest advice, to admonish

noun
Suffering, Source of Suffering Desire, The Cessation of Suffering, The Way Leading to the Cessation of Suffering (The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism)(Buddhist term)
See also:四諦
Other readings:
苦集滅道【くじゅめつどう】
苦集滅道【くしゅめつどう】

くじゅう
kujuuwonameru
expression, Ichidan verb
to have a bitter experience(idiom )
Other readings:
苦汁を舐める【くじゅうをなめる】
苦汁を嘗める【くじゅうをなめる】
苦渋を舐める【くじゅうをなめる】[1]
苦渋をなめる【くじゅうをなめる】[1]
苦渋を嘗める【くじゅうをなめる】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

noun
unremitting effort, dogged perseverance, unswerving loyalty

noun
truth of suffering(Buddhist term)
See also:四諦

noun
distress, anguish, mental suffering

noun
kousso (African flowering plant, Hagenia abyssinica), kosso, cusso, koso, brayera(usually kana)
Other readings:
こそ《苦蘇》
クッソ
コソ

noun
1.
ninja throwing knives(colloquialism)
2.
mediaeval farming tool for digging, prying, etc.(orig. meaning)
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

なんこうぐん
kunannokougun
expression, noun
Arduous March, North Korean famine of the late 1990s

expression, suru verb (irregular)
to worry

expression, Godan-ru verb
to be bothered (by something), to suffer

expression, Godan-mu verb
to worry, to suffer

らくたね
kuharakunotane
expression
one cannot have pleasure without pain, no pain, no gain(proverb)

くみ
kumichinki
noun
bitter tincture
Other readings:
苦味丁幾【くみチンキ】

noun
bitter tea, low-quality tea(obsolete)

adverb
easily, without effort
Other readings:
苦も無く【くもなく】

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
anguish

noun
hardship and misfortune(Buddhist term)

らくとも
kurakuwotomonisuru
expression, suru verb (irregular)
to share (life's) joys and sorrows (with), to share the good and the bad (with), to stick together through thick and thin

noun
Sophora flavescens(usually kana)
Other readings:
くらら《眩草》
クララ

くるときかみだの
kurushiitokinokamidanomi
expression
danger past, God forgotten
Other readings:
苦しいときの神頼み【くるしいときのかみだのみ】

Godan-ru verb
to suffer, to complain of a pain

noun
pain, anguish, distress, suffering, hardship
See also:苦しみ

adjective
no problem, no objection, it doesn't matter

noun, no-adjective, na-adjective
nervous temperament, worry habit, pessimistic nature, pessimism

noun
kousso (vermifuge made from pistillate brayera flowers), kosso, cusso, koso(obscure)
See also:苦蘇
Other readings:
クッソ花【クッソか】
苦蘇花【クッソか】

expression, noun
bitter medicine

noun
bitter melon (Momordica charantia), bitter gourd(usually kana)
See also:蔓茘枝
Other readings:
ニガウリ

noun
bitterness, bitter taste

noun
1.
Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides), giant timber bamboo, madake
See also:真竹
2.
Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)(only relevant for にがたけ)
See also:女竹
Other readings:
苦竹【くちく】

adjective
bitterish, bitter

noun
awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with, awareness that one is not good at something, (feeling) not up to doing something

noun
Ixeris dentata (species of the daisy family)(usually kana)
Other readings:
にがな《黄瓜菜》
ニガナ

prenominal
sternly handsome, manly
Other readings:
苦味ばしった【にがみばしった】
苦味走った【にがみばしった】

にがむしつぶ
nigamushiwokamitsubushitayou
expression, na-adjective
sour (expression), as if having swallowed a bitter bug(idiom )
See also:苦虫
Other readings:
苦虫をかみつぶしたよう【にがむしをかみつぶしたよう】
苦虫を噛みつぶしたよう【にがむしをかみつぶしたよう】
苦虫を噛み潰した様【にがむしをかみつぶしたよう】

noun
wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), absinthium, absinthe wormwood, absinthe(usually kana)
Other readings:
ニガヨモギ

noun
bittern, concentrated solution of salts (esp. magnesium chloride) left over after the crystallization of seawater or brine
Other readings:
滷汁【にがり】
苦塩【にがり】
苦塩【にがしお】

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
to feel bitter, to scowl

noun
sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus), milk thistle(usually kana)
Other readings:
のげし《野罌粟》
のげし《苦菜》
ノゲシ