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    3. 憂き目

    憂き目

    憂うき​目め

    bitter experience

    KMT10News #33+1Ref L2NounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab24 strokes

    憂目うき目

    うきめ

    Noun

    1.
    bitter experience, misery, distress, grief, sad thoughts, hardship

    Stroke 0 / 24

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは多おおくの憂うき目めを見みてきた。

    He has seen many bitter experiences.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    失しつ恋れんの憂うき目めを乗のり越こえ、彼かの女じょはさらに強 くなった。

    Overcoming the bitter experience of heartbreak, she became even stronger.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    戦せん争そうで家か族ぞくを失うしなうという憂うき目めを経けい験けんした。

    He experienced the bitter loss of his family in the war.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyHistoryFamily & Relationships
    どんな憂うき目めにあっても、彼かれは決けっして希き望ぼうを捨すてなかった。

    No matter what hardships he faced, he never gave up hope.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyCore Concepts
    貧ひん困こんの憂うき目めを味あじわったからこそ、彼かれは人ひと一いち倍ばい努ど力りょくした。

    Precisely because he experienced the hardships of poverty, he worked twice as hard as others.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career

    Characters that make up this word

    憂
    うれ.える・うれ.い・う.い・う.き…(2)
    melancholy・grieve・lament・be anxious・sad…(1)
    Kanji
    目
    め・-め・ま-…(6)
    eye・class・look・insight・experience…(2)
    Kanji
    き
    ki
    Kana
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