苦
ク
くる.しい • -ぐる.しい • くる.しむ • くる.しめる • にが.い • にが.る
suffering; trial; worry; hardship; feel bitter; scowl
Words
苦竹
にがたけ くちく
- Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake n
- Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii) n
苦瓜
にがうり ニガウリ
- bitter melon (Momordica charantia); bitter gourd n uk
むさ苦しい
むさくるしい
- filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid adj-i uk
若い時の苦労は買うてもせよ
わかいときのくろうはこうてもせよ
- spare no effort while you are young; heavy work in youth is quiet rest in old age exp proverb
良薬は口に苦し
りょうやくはくちににがし
- the most helpful advice may be difficult to listen to; good medicine tastes bitter exp proverb