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25 word matches found for '苦' using reading 'にが'
0 3
1. poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at)
2. dislike (of); difficult to deal with
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2
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3
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
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4
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to look sour (disgusted)
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1
bitterness; bitter taste
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2
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to feel bitter; to scowl
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noun
awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something
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4 0
bittersweet; slightly bitter
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2
noun
making a sour face (as if having consumed a bitter bug)
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expression, noun
bitter experience
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noun or verb acting prenominally
sternly handsome; manly
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expression
dread; horror; hatred
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noun
bitterness; bitter taste
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noun
Ixeris dentata (species of the daisy family)  (often written with kana only)
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5
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
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noun
sour (wry) face
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2
noun
bitter melon (Momordica charantia); bitter gourd  (see also: 蔓茘枝; often written with kana only)
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expression, noun
bitter medicine
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noun
1. Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake  (see also: 真竹)
2. Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)  (see also: 女竹; this meaning is restricted to reading にがたけ)
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expression, 'na' adjective
sour (expression, as if having swallowed a bitter bug)  (see also: 苦虫)
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expression
good medicine tastes bitter; the most helpful advice may be difficult to listen to
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3
noun
wormwood (Artemisia absinthium); absinthium; absinthe wormwood; absinthe
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noun
creeping lettuce (Ixeris stolonifera)  (see also: 地縛; often written with kana only)
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noun
horned melon (Cucumis metuliferus); kiwano; African horned cucumber; jelly melon  (often written with kana only)
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5
noun
Ixeris dentata var. alpicola (mountain flower in the dandelion family)  (often written with kana only)
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