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苦学生くがくせいNounFreq #61227
1

self-supporting student; working student

Examples
あおいは、苦学生だから、そんな高級なもの、持てないです。
I'm putting myself through school, so I can't have things that are that expensive.
苦節くせつNounFreq #61631
1

unremitting effort; dogged perseverance; unswerving loyalty

苦役くえきNounFreq #64648
1

toil; drudgery

2

Dated term

penal servitude; imprisonment (with hard labour)

苦衷くちゅうNounFreq #65354
1

distress; anguish; mental suffering

苦い薬にがいくすりNounExpressionFreq #69310
1

bitter medicine

Examples
せきがひどかったので、苦い薬を飲んだ。
I had a bad cough, so I took the bitter medicine.
苦汁くじゅうNounFreq #70224
1

bitter liquid; bitter experience

苦心惨憺苦心惨澹くしんさんたんNounIntransitive～する Verb四字熟語Freq #77848
1

taking great pains

Examples
苦心惨憺の末、考え出した企画が、会議で一瞬にして却下されちゃうんだからな。
After all the trouble we went to in coming up with that project, it only took them a second to shoot it down in the meeting.
苦学くがくNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #79077
1

working one's way through school; earning one's own school fees

Examples
私は苦学して大学を卒業した。
I worked my way through college.
2

studying under adversity; studying in harsh economic circumstances

苦界くがいNounFreq #79637
1

Buddhism

world of suffering

2

life of prostitution

苦患くげんNounFreq #82815
1

Buddhism

hellish pain; suffering; distress; agony

苦杯くはい苦盃NounFreq #84888
1

bitter cup; bitter experience; bitter defeat; ordeal

苦汁をなめる苦汁を舐める苦汁を嘗めるくじゅうをなめる苦渋をなめるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #90218
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Idiomatic expression

to have a bitter experience

苦みばしった苦み走った苦味ばしった苦味走ったにがみばしったFreq #99159
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Noun or verb acting prenominally

sternly handsome; manly

苦吟くぎんNounIntransitiveTransitive～する VerbFreq #99967
1

laborious composition; struggling to compose a poem

苦汁滷汁苦塩にがりにがしお (苦塩)NounFreq #103731
1

bittern; concentrated solution of salts (esp. magnesium chloride) left over after the crystallization of seawater or brine

苦行者くぎょうしゃNounFreq #110554
1

ascetic

苦に病むくにやむExpressionGodan verbFreq #112182
1

to worry; to suffer

苦心談くしんだんNounFreq #121855
1

account of the hardships one has encountered

苦厄くやくNounFreq #148000
1

Buddhism

hardship and misfortune

苦熱くねつNounFreq #151587
1

intense heat

苦っぽいにがっぽい～い Adj.Freq #162345
1

bitterish; bitter

にがうり苦瓜ニガウリNounUsually kanaFreq #164266
1

bitter melon (Momordica charantia); bitter gourd

苦しい時の神頼み苦しいときの神頼みくるしいときのかみだのみExpressionFreq #165925
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Proverb

danger past, God forgotten; once on shore, we pray no more; man turns to God only in times of trouble; there are no atheists in foxholes

苦海くかいくがいNounFreq #194245
1

Buddhism

sea of suffering; human realm

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