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苦難

Reading

Kana: くなん
Romaji: kunan
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Definition

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suffering; distress; hardship; trial

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: ナン、 かた.い、 -がた.い、 むずか.しい、 むづか.しい、 むつか.しい、 -にく.い
Meanings: difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect

Example Sentences

(かれ)(おお)くの苦難(くなん)経験(けいけん)した。
➥He had to go through a lot of hardships.
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(かれ)苦難(くなん)()えきれなかった。
➥He was impatient under his sufferings.
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(わたし)(おお)くの苦難(くなん)経験(けいけん)してきた。
➥I have gone through many hardships.
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人生(じんせい)はせいぜい苦難(くなん)(うみ)だ。
➥Life is, at best, a sea of troubles.
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(かれ)(わか)いころの苦難(くなん)経験(けいけん)した。
➥He went through many hardships in his youth.
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(かれ)苦難(くなん)をナントも(おも)わなかった。
➥He made nothing of hardship.
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