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    3. 苦しみ

    苦しみ

    苦くるし​み​

    pain

    KMT5News #8+1CoreNounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab11 strokes

    くるしみ

    Noun

    1.
    pain, anguish, distress, suffering, hardship

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    彼かれは病びょう気きの苦くるしみに耐たえている。

    He is enduring the pain of illness.

    KMT4Emotions & PsychologyMedicine & Health
    彼かの女じょは過か去この苦くるしみを乗のり越こえ、前まえ向むきに生いきている。

    She overcame past suffering and is living positively.

    KMT5Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かれの心こころの中なかの苦くるしみは、誰だれにも理り解かいされなかった。

    The anguish in his heart was understood by no one.

    KMT5Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    人じん生せいの苦くるしみは、私わたしたちをより強つよく成せい長ちょうさせる機き会かいでもある。

    The suffering in life can also be an opportunity to make us grow stronger.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologyReligion & Philosophy
    戦せん争そうは多おおくの人ひと々びとに計はかり知しれない苦くるしみをもたらした。

    War brought immeasurable suffering to many people.

    KMT6HistoryEmotions & PsychologyMilitary

    Characters 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)
    Kanji
    し
    shi
    Kana
    み
    mi
    Kana
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