苦
suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
N38 strokes
On'yomi
ク ku
Kun'yomi
くる.しい kuru.shii-ぐる.しい -guru.shiiくる.しむ kuru.shimuくる.しめる kuru.shimeruにが.い niga.iにが.る niga.ru
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Examples
なんの苦もなくその場所を見つけた。
He had no difficulty in finding the place.
苦は楽の種。
No pain, no gain.
苦あれば楽あり。
No sweet without sweat.
楽は苦の種苦は楽の種。
One cannot have pain without pleasure, and one cannot have pleasure without pain.
楽は苦の種苦は楽の種。
One cannot have pain without pleasure, and one cannot have pleasure without pain.
彼女は苦もなくその詩を暗記した。
She had no difficulty in learning the poem by heart.
彼は早起きが苦にならない。
He makes nothing of getting up early in the morning.
彼は何の苦も無く川を泳いで渡った。
He had no difficulty swimming across the river.
彼は長時間働いても苦にならなかった。
He made nothing of working for a long time.
やっと楽しい職業を選べば、仕事も苦になりません。
Pick a job that you enjoy and working will seem easy.
Words with this Kanji
苦いにがいbitter, painful苦学くがくworking while studying, work-study program苦手にがてweak point, be poor at苦しいくるしいpainful, difficult苦しむくるしむsuffer, be in pain, struggle with苦労くろうhardship, trouble居苦しいいぐるしいuncomfortable, uneasy苦しめるくるしめるtorment, trouble苦情くじょうcomplaint, grievance苦心くしんpainstaking effort, exertion苦痛くつうagony; suffering重苦しいおもくるしいgloomy, oppressive暑苦しいあつくるしいsultry, oppressively hot息苦しいいきぐるしいbreathless, short of breathむさ苦しいむさくるしいuntidy, slovenly一苦労ひとくろうsome effort, a bit of labor苦くbitterness, suffering苦渋くじゅうanguish, distress苦難くなんhardship, suffering見苦しいみぐるしいunsightly, shabby