苦手

にがて

poor (at), weak (in), not very good (at)

苦手意識

にがていしき

awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with, awareness that one is not good at something, (feeling) not up to doing something

大手

おおて おおで

full length of one's arm (from shoulder to fingertip)

大手筋

おおてすじ

large-scale operators, big traders

最大手

さいおおて

largest company, industry leader

大手行

おおてこう

major banks, leading banks

準大手

じゅんおおて

second level (company, etc.)

大手メディア

おおてメディア

major media outlets

大手柄

おおてがら

glorious achievement, distinguished service

大手術

だいしゅじゅつ

major surgery, major operation

大逆手

おおさかて

backward-twisting overarm throw

大手紙

おおてし

major newspaper

大手毬

おおでまり オオデマリ

Japanese snowball, Viburnum plicatum

大手前大学

おおてまえだいがく

Otemae University

苦

く

duhkha (suffering)

苦肉の策

くにくのさく

last resort, desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity

楽は苦の種苦は楽の種

らくはくのたねくはらくのたね

one cannot have pain without pleasure, and one cannot have pleasure without pain

四苦八苦

しくはっく

the four and eight kinds of suffering

あの手この手

あのてこのて

this way and that, (by) various means, (by) every means