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22 word matches found for '苦' using reading 'くる'
3
1. painful; difficult; agonizing
2. needy; tight (budget); straitened (circumstances)  (see also: 苦しい懐)
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3
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
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4
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to hurt
2. to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict; to distress; to bother; to trouble; to stump; to baffle
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0 3
noun
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
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5 0
Most common form: 堅苦しい
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
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5
heavy; gloomy; awkward; cumbrous; oppressive; leaden
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3
noun
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship  (see also: 苦しみ)
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to be distressed with debts
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expression, ichidan verb
to cause one's parents distress
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Most common form: 踠き苦しむ
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to writhe in agony
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4
to suffer; to complain of a pain
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expression, noun
lame excuse; poor excuse
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expression
have a pain in one's chest
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5
sultry; sweltering
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5
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid  (often written with kana only)
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4
in desperation
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no problem; no objection; it doesn't matter
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expression, noun
tight budget
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expression
danger past, God forgotten
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expression, 'mu' godan verb
to be suffering from hunger
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0
expression, noun
misery; distress
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5
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