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四苦八苦 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
四苦八苦
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Reading : しくはっく   
1. being in dire distress; being hard put to it  (yojijukugo)
2. the four and eight kinds of suffering  (see also: 四苦, 八苦; Buddhist term)
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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 52,335 which gives a rank of 23,960
四苦八苦 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 88,000 (about 2,620,000 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:
レポート
しくはっく
四苦八苦
した

I had a very hard time writing the paper.
パソコン
はじ
めた
ころ
ノートン
おも
ソフト
だま
され
しくはっく
四苦八苦
していた

When I started using a computer I was taken in by Norton's CPU hungry software and had a lot of trouble.
われわれ
我々
ノルマ
たそ
いっしょうけんめい
一生懸命
がんばって
しくはっく
四苦八苦
した

We almost broke our necks trying to meet the quota.
しくはっく
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 162,000 (about 481,000 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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シ   four   よ    よ    よっ    よん    
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legs
box, enclosure   
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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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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grass   
ハチ   や    や    よう eight   
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