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悪戦苦闘

Reading

Kana: あくせんくとう
Romaji: akusenkutou
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Definition

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hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds

Note: yojijukugo

Kanji

Readings: アク、 オ、 わる.い、 わる-、 あ.し、 にく.い、 -にく.い、 ああ、 いずくに、 いずくんぞ、 にく.む
Meanings: bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong
Readings: セン、 いくさ、 たたか.う、 おのの.く、 そよ.ぐ、 わなな.く
Meanings: war, battle, match
Readings: ク、 くる.しい、 -ぐる.しい、 くる.しむ、 くる.しめる、 にが.い、 にが.る
Meanings: suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
Readings: トウ、 たたか.う、 あらそ.う
Meanings: fight, war

Example Sentences

(かれ)悪戦苦闘(あくせんくとう)している。
➥He is fighting with his back against the wall.
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トムはもう3時間(じかん)もの(かん)(ねむ)りにつこうと悪戦苦闘(あくせんくとう)しています。
➥Poor Tom's been trying to get to sleep for three hours now.
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(かれ)は、(わたし)が2時間(じかん)悪戦苦闘(あくせんくとう)した問題(もんだい)を5(ふん)()いてしまった。
➥He solved the problem in five minutes that I had struggled with for two hours.
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