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艱難苦労 (かんなんくろう) — trials and tribulations | Kumi Dictionary

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艱難苦労

艱難苦労

艱かん難なん苦く労ろう

trials and tribulations

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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

なや.む・かた.い・なや.み…(2)

difficult・trying・be distressed・parent's funeral ceremony・mourning…(1)

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

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)

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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