Moto 苦: Suffering; Trial; WorryKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ク
- Kun'yomi
- くる(しい)、-ぐる(しい)、くる(しむ)、くる(しめる)、にが(い)、にが(る)
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, grade 3
- Words
- 249 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ク)
- 苦労くろうtrouble; hardship
- 苦情くじょうcomplaint; troubles
- 苦悩くのう(mental) agony; anguish
- 苦戦くせんhard fight; close game
- 苦境くきょうdifficult situation; adverse circumstances
- 苦痛くつうpain; agony
- 苦慮くりょracking one's brains; worrying oneself
- 苦難くなんsuffering; distress
- 苦渋くじゅうbitterness; distress
- 苦肉の策くにくのさくlast resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity
- 苦言くげんcandid advice; frank advice
- 苦心くしんpains; hard work
- ご苦労さまごくろうさまthank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
- ご苦労様ごくろうさまthank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
- 一苦労ひとくろうa hard time; pains
- 労苦ろうくlabor; labour
- 取り越し苦労とりこしぐろうoveranxiety; needless worry
- 四苦八苦しくはっくbeing in dire distress; being hard put to it
- 悪戦苦闘あくせんくとうhard fighting; hard struggle
- 気苦労きぐろうworry; care
- 無茶苦茶むちゃくちゃnonsensical; unreasonable
- 生活苦せいかつくlife's struggles
- 病苦びょうくpain of sickness
- 目茶苦茶めちゃくちゃabsurd; unreasonable
- 苦労人くろうにんworldly-wise man
- 苦学くがくworking one's way through school; earning one's own school fees
- 苦杯くはいbitter experience (ordeal)
- 苦楽くらくpleasure and pain; joys and sorrows
- 苦笑くしょうbitter smile; wry smile
- 苦肉くにくdesperation measure
- 苦行くぎょうpenance; austerities
- 苦闘くとうhard fight; difficult struggle
- 辛苦しんくhardship; toil
- ご苦労ごくろうtrouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work
- ご苦労さんごくろうさんI appreciate your efforts
- とりこし苦労とりこしぐろうoveranxiety; needless worry
- とり越し苦労とりこしぐろうoveranxiety; needless worry
- ひと苦労ひとくろうa hard time; pains
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 苦しみくるしみpain; anguish
- 苦手にがてpoor (at); weak (in)
- 苦いにがいbitter
- 苦しめるくるしめるto torment; to pain
- 苦しいくるしいpainful; difficult
- 固苦しいかたくるしいformal; strict
- 堅苦しいかたくるしいformal; strict
- 寝苦しいねぐるしいunable to sleep well
- 心苦しいこころぐるしいpainful; being sorry
- 息苦しいいきぐるしいchoking; suffocating
- 苦しむくるしむto suffer; to groan
- 苦り切るにがりきるto look sour (disgusted)
- 苦味にがみbitterness; bitter taste
- 苦笑いにがわらいbitter smile; wry smile
- 苦虫にがむしbitter-tasting bug
- 見苦しいみぐるしいunsightly; ugly
- 重苦しいおもくるしいheavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.)
- ほろ苦いほろにがいslightly bitter (taste)
- むさ苦しいむさくるしいfilthy; squalid
- もがき苦しむもがきくるしむto writhe in agony
Other readings
- 苦々しいにがにがしいunpleasant; disgusting
- ホロ苦いほろにがいslightly bitter (taste)
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