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    3. 苦労

    苦労

    苦く労ろう

    trouble

    N3KMT5News #6+1CoreNoun, Participle, VerbEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab15 strokes

    苦勞

    くろう

    Noun, Participle, Verb

    1.
    trouble, hardship, difficulty, labour, labor, toil, pains
    2.
    anxiety, worry, concern, cares

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    彼かれは多おおくの苦く労ろうを経けい験けんした。

    He experienced many hardships.

    KMT3Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    新あたらしい言げん語ごを学まなぶのは苦く労ろうが多おおいですが、やりがいもあります。

    Learning a new language involves a lot of hardship, but it's also rewarding.

    KMT5EducationEmotions & Psychology
    子こ育そだてには苦く労ろうがつきものですが、それ以い上じょうの喜よろこびがあります。

    Child-rearing always comes with hardships, but there is even greater joy.

    KMT6Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    長なが年ねんの苦く労ろうが実みを結むすび、ついに夢ゆめが実じつ現げんした。

    Years of hardship bore fruit, and his dream finally came true.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かれの成せい功こうの裏うらには、人ひと知しれない苦く労ろうがあったに違ちがいない。

    There must have been unknown hardships behind his success.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    苦
    くる.しい・-ぐる.しい・くる.しむ・くる.しめる・にが.い・にが.る…(1)
    suffering・trial・worry・hardship・feel bitter…(1)
    労
    ろう.する・いたわ.る・いた.ずき・ねぎら・つか.れる・ねぎら.う…(1)
    labor・thank for・reward for・toil・trouble
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