苦心談

くしんだん

account of the hardships one has encountered

苦心惨憺

くしんさんたん

taking great pains

苦心を買われる

くしんをかわれる

to have one's labor appreciated (labour)

心苦しい

こころぐるしい

painful, being sorry, feeling sorry

焦心苦慮

しょうしんくりょ

worrying oneself (about), being anxious (about), fidgeting (about)

苦

く

duhkha (suffering)

四苦八苦

しくはっく

the four and eight kinds of suffering

苦節

くせつ

unswerving determination

苦い

にがい

bitter

業苦

ごうく

karmic suffering

苦労

くろう

troubles, hardships

苦情

くじょう

complaint, troubles, objection, grievance

苦痛

くつう

pain, agony, bitterness

苦手

にがて

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

苦艾

にがよもぎ くもぐさ

wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), absinthium, absinthe wormwood, absinthe

重苦

じゅうく

intense suffering

苦界

くがい

life of prostitution

苦患

くげん

agony

甘苦

かんく

sweetness and bitterness, joys and sorrows