Kanji Details:
- 苦
- Frequency:623
- Kun: くる.しい, -ぐる.しい, くる.しむ, くる.しめる, にが.い, にが.る
- On: ク
- Meaning: suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 苦しみ くるしみ pain, anguish, distress, suffering, hardship 苦い にがい bitter 苦労 くろう troubles, hardships 苦情 くじょう complaint, troubles, objection, grievance 苦手 にがて poor (at), weak (in), dislike (of) 苦戦 くせん hard fight, close game 苦悩 くのう suffering, distress, affliction, anguish, agony, trouble 苦境 くきょう trouble, crisis, predicament, squeeze, pinch 苦痛 くつう pain, agony, bitterness 苦しめる くるしめる to torment, to harass, to inflict pain