苦心惨憺
Kanji
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: シン、 こころ、 -ごころ
                        Meanings: heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)
                    Readings: サン、 ザン、 みじ.め、 いた.む、 むご.い
                        Meanings: wretched, disaster, cruelty, harsh
                    Reading: タン
                        Meanings: calm, quiet, move
                    Example Sentence
            ➥After all the trouble we went to in coming up with that project, it only took them a second to shoot it down in the meeting.  
        
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