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
- —皺苦茶crumpled; wrinkled; crinkled; creased
- —赤苦津starry handfish (Halieutaea stellata)
- —御苦労様thank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts
- —目茶苦茶absurd; unreasonable; nonsensical; preposterous; incoherent; extreme; senseless; reckless; wanton; disorderly; chaotic; confused; messy; incredibly; really; so; super
- —粒粒辛苦toil and moil; working assiduously for; tireless hard work; painstaking labor (labour)
- —苦も無くeasily; without effort
- —苦心惨澹taking great pains
- —取越苦労overanxiety; needless worry
- —ひと苦労a hard time; pains
- —哀別離苦the pain of separation from loved ones
- —揉み苦茶jostling; being jostled; being mobbed; (in a) crush; crumpling
- —夜露四苦best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
- —夜呂死苦best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
- —御苦労さまthank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts
- —御苦労さんI appreciate your efforts
- —取越し苦労overanxiety; needless worry
- —とりこし苦労overanxiety; needless worry
- —とり越し苦労overanxiety; needless worry
- —苦汁を舐めるto have a bitter experience
- —苦汁を嘗めるto have a bitter experience