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悪戦苦闘 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
悪戦苦闘
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Reading : あくせんくとう   
hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds  (yojijukugo)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 8 (among the 30,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 51,681 which gives a rank of 26,793
悪戦苦闘 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 174,000 (about 424,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 34 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
トムもう
さんじかん
3時間
あいだ
ねむ
つこう
あくせんくとう
悪戦苦闘
しています

Poor Tom's been trying to get to sleep for three hours now.
かれ
わたし
にじかん
2時間
あくせんくとう
悪戦苦闘
した
もんだい
問題
ごふん
5分
ほど
いてしまった

He solved the problem in five minutes that I had struggled with for two hours.
かれ
あくせんくとう
悪戦苦闘
している

He is fighting with his back against the wall.
あくせんくとう
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 252,000 (about 7,960 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 34 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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アク   オ   わる bad   
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シン   こころ heart   
ア    Asia; rank next   
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west
セン   いくさ battle, war   たたか to do battle   
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タン    simple   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
small
デン   た rice field   
tasseled spear
ク   くるしい painful   くるしむ to suffer   くるしめる to torment   にが bitter   にが to feel bitter   
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コ   ふる old   -ふる to grow old   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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grass   
トウ   たたか to fight, to struggle   
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トウ   ズ   まめ bean   
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grass   
スン   inch
モン   かど gate   
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