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    3. 艱難苦労

    艱難苦労

    艱かん難なん苦く労ろう

    trials and tribulations

    NTNounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab50 strokes

    かんなんくろう

    Noun

    1.
    trials and tribulations, adversities, suffering hardships and troubles

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    Kanji that make up this word

    艱
    なや.む・かた.い・なや.み…(2)
    difficult・trying・be distressed・parent's funeral ceremony・mourning…(1)
    難
    かた.い・-がた.い・むずか.しい・むづか.しい・むつか.しい・-にく.い…(3)
    difficult・impossible・trouble・accident・defect
    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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