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苦 - N3 Kanji

Meaning of 苦 意味

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

苦 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI 音読み

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

KUNYOMI 訓読み

ク ku

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.

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