四重苦

よんじゅうく

four-fold hardship; quadruple whammy

三重苦

さんじゅうく

triple handicap

二重苦

にじゅうく

double torture; double pain; double hardship; double whammy

重苦しい

おもくるしい

heavy, gloomy, awkward, cumbrous, oppressive, leaden

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

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

苦難

くなん

suffering, distress, hardship, trial