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JLPT N46画 · 6 strokesradical

suffer, pain, bitter

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • くる.しい
  • くる.しむ
  • にが.い

Meanings across languages

English
suffer, pain, bitter
Tiếng Việt
khổ, đau khổ, đắng
日本語
苦しむ, 苦痛, 苦い

Common compounds

  • 苦手にがてweak point, weakness
  • 苦情くじょうcomplaint
  • 苦しいくるしいpainful, difficult
  • 苦さにがさbitterness

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