精神的苦痛

せいしんてきくつう

mental anguish

苦痛を和らげる

くつうをやわらげる

to relieve a person's pain

痛苦

つうく

anguish, (great) pain

苦

く

duhkha (suffering)

痛

いた つう

pain, ache, -algia

四苦八苦

しくはっく

the four and eight kinds of suffering

痛い痛い病

いたいいたいびょう イタイイタイびょう

"ouch-ouch disease", caused by cadmium poisoning from industrial wastes in Toyama Prefecture

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

苦手

にがて

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

苦心

くしん

pain, trouble, anxiety, diligence, hard work

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