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    3. 苦学

    苦学

    苦く学がく

    working one's way through school

    KMT10News #44+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveEducationKanji Vocab16 strokes

    くがく

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    working one's way through school, earning one's own school fees
    2.
    studying under adversity, studying in harsh economic circumstances

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    彼かれは苦く学がくして大だい学がくを卒そつ業ぎょうした。

    He worked his way through university.

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    彼かれは奨しょう学がく金きんとアルバイトで苦く学がくを続つづけ、夢ゆめを叶かなえた。

    He continued to work his way through school with scholarships and part-time jobs, and achieved his dream.

    KMT10EducationWork & Career
    貧まずしい家か庭ていに育そだった彼かれは、夜や間かん学がっ校こうに通かよいながら苦く学がくを重かさねた。

    Raised in a poor family, he persevered through hardship, studying while attending night school.

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    多おおくの学がく生せいが経けい済ざい的てきな理り由ゆうから苦く学がくを選えらび、学がく業ぎょうと仕し事ごとを両りょう立りつさせている。

    Many students choose to work their way through school due to financial reasons, balancing their studies and work.

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    彼かれの苦く学がくの精せい神しんは、後のちの世せだ代いがの学くせ生いたちに大おおきな影えい響きょうを与あたえた。

    His spirit of studying under adversity greatly influenced later generations of students.

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    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)
    学
    まな.ぶ…(3)
    study・learning・science
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