Kanji1 / 8
苦 kanji
suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
ク
Kun readings
くるしい-ぐるしいくるしむくるしめるにがいにがる
Words with 苦
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3苦痛Popularpain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
- N3苦労Populartrouble; hardship; difficulty; labour; labor; toil; pains; anxiety; worry; concern; cares
- N2苦情Popularcomplaint; troubles; objection; grievance
- N2苦心Popularpains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
- N1ご苦労様Popularthank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts
- N1無茶苦茶Popularnonsensical; unreasonable; absurd; unrealistic; awfully; extremely; to excess; senseless; reckless; disorder; confusion; being jumbled; being mixed up; very; extremely; excessively
- N1滅茶苦茶Popularabsurd; unreasonable; nonsensical; preposterous; incoherent; extreme; senseless; reckless; wanton; disorderly; chaotic; confused; messy; incredibly; really; so; super
- —苦境Populardifficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
- —苦言Popularcandid advice; frank advice; honest opinion; exhortation; harsh but honest advice
- —苦渋Popularbitterness; distress; pain; anguish; affliction; bitterness and astringency
- —苦笑Popularbitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
- —苦戦Popularhard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
- —苦難Popularsuffering; distress; hardship; trial
- —苦悩Popular(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
- —苦慮Popularracking one's brains; worrying oneself; being anxious
- —辛苦Popularhardship; toil; trouble
- —病苦Popularpain of sickness
- —苦肉の策Popularlast resort; desperate measure taken under the pressure of necessity
- —ご苦労さまPopularthank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts
- —苦pain; anguish; suffering; distress; anxiety; worry; trouble; difficulty; hardship; duhkha (suffering)