Kanji

苦

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JLPT N3Jōyō · grade 3freq #6238 strokes

Meanings

suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl

ES: sufrimiento, pena, doloroso, penoso, trabajoso, amargo

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ク
Kun
くる.しい、-ぐる.しい、くる.しむ、くる.しめる、にが.い、にが.る

Common words

  • 苦いにがいbitter (taste)
  • 苦手にがてpoor (at), weak (in), not very good (at)
  • 苦痛くつうpain, agony, suffering, distress, torment
  • 苦労くろうtrouble, hardship, difficulty, labour, labor, toil, pains
  • 苦しいくるしいpainful, difficult, tough, hard
  • 苦しむくるしむto suffer, to groan, to be worried
  • 苦情くじょうcomplaint, troubles, objection, grievance
  • 苦心くしんpains, hard work, effort, trouble, labour, labor

Example sentences

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