Word details
艱難辛苦
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 艱難辛苦.
Dictionary
Entry
1
trial and tribulation; hardships; privations; difficulties
Examples
さまざまな艱難辛苦を乗り越え、彼は南極大陸単独横断を成し遂げた。
He overcame all sorts of hardship and setbacks to succeed in a solo crossing of Antarctica.
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
艱
difficult, trying, be distressed, parent's funeral ceremony, mourning, perilous
17 strokes
On
カンケン
Kun
なや.むかた.いなや.み
難
difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect
18 strokesFrequency 330JLPT N2Grade 6
On
ナン
Kun
かた.い-がた.いむずか.しいむづか.しいむつか.しい-にく.い
Nanori
ななに
辛
spicy, bitter, hot, acrid
7 strokesFrequency 1,607JLPT N2Grade 8
On
シン
Kun
から.いつら.い-づら.いかのと
苦
suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
8 strokesFrequency 623JLPT N2Grade 3
On
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
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