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noun, auxillary suru verb
bitter smile, wry smile, strained laugh, sarcastic laugh

noun, auxillary suru verb
hardship, toil, trouble

adjective
unable to sleep well

adjective
heavy, gloomy, awkward, cumbrous, oppressive, leaden

noun, auxillary suru verb
hard fight, difficult struggle

noun
bitter experience (ordeal)

noun, auxillary suru verb
labor, labour, toil, hardship

noun
pleasure and pain, joys and sorrows

noun, auxillary suru verb
hard fighting, hard struggle, fighting against heavy odds(yojijukugo)

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
being in dire distress, being hard put to it(yojijukugo)
2.
the four and eight kinds of suffering(Buddhist term)
See also:四苦,  八苦

adjective
choking, oppressive, suffocating

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
a hard time, pains
Other readings:
ひと苦労【ひとくろう】

adjective
formal, strict, ceremonious, stiff
Other readings:
堅苦しい【かたぐるしい】[2]
固苦しい【かたくるしい】[1]
固苦しい【かたぐるしい】[1][2]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage
  2. word containing irregular kana usage

noun, na-adjective
worry, care, anxiety, mental exhaustion

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

adjective
painful, being sorry, feeling sorry

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

ろう
torikoshigurou
noun
overanxiety, needless worry
Other readings:
とりこし苦労【とりこしぐろう】
取越し苦労【とりこしぐろう】
取越苦労【とりこしぐろう】
とり越し苦労【とりこしぐろう】

noun
the pain of separation from loved ones(yojijukugo, Buddhist term)

noun
starry handfish (Halieutaea stellata)(usually kana)
Other readings:
あかぐつ《赤苦津》
アカグツ

adjective
1.
sultry, sweltering, stuffy, oppressively hot
2.
uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.), stuffy-looking
Other readings:
熱苦しい【あつくるしい】

noun
creeping lettuce (Ixeris stolonifera)(usually kana)
See also:地縛
Other readings:
イワニガナ

くる
uenikurushimu
expression, Godan-mu verb
to suffer from hunger
Other readings:
餓えに苦しむ【うえにくるしむ】

おやくる
oyawokurushimeru
expression, Ichidan verb
to cause one's parents distress

noun
the pain of meeting people one dislikes(yojijukugo, Buddhist term)

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

noun
sweetness and bitterness, joys and sorrows

noun, auxillary suru verb
privation suffering

noun
1.
cold-suffering bird, kankuchō, imaginary bird said to live in the Himalayas who forgets the cold of night as soon as morning comes(Buddhist term)
2.
(lazy) person who is poor at practicing asceticism, person unlikely to reach satori(idiom , derogatory, Buddhist term)
Other readings:
寒苦鳥【かんくどり】
寒苦鳥【かんくとり】

noun
trials and tribulations, adversities, suffering hardships and troubles(yojijukugo)

noun
trial and tribulation, hardships, privations, difficulties(yojijukugo)

ぐる
kikigurushii
adjective
difficult to hear, unpleasant to hear
Other readings:
聞苦しい【ききぐるしい】

noun, auxillary suru verb
toil and hardship

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
1.
trouble (I have put you through), (your) hard work(polite language)
See also:苦労
expression
2.
thank you for your hard work, I appreciate your efforts
Other readings:
御苦労【ごくろう】
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