Lingaku苦【く】
Frequency rank: 11,165. – 11,191. (for form く: 2,786. – 2,787.)
- pain; anguish; suffering; distress; anxiety; worry; trouble; difficulty; hardship
- duhkha (suffering)Buddhismsee also 八苦
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
- 苦【く】Frequency rank: 11,165. – 11,191.
- くFrequency rank: 2,786. – 2,787.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- pain; anguish; suffering; distress; anxiety; worry; trouble; difficulty; hardship
- duhkha (suffering)
This meaning refers to a state of physical or emotional discomfort and can be used in contexts discussing challenges or distressing experiences.
This meaning is often used in philosophical or spiritual contexts, particularly in discussions surrounding the nature of suffering as described in Buddhist texts.
Generated collocations (experimental)
くるし苦しみをかんじる感じるto feel painにがいけいけん苦い経験bitter experienceくろう苦労するto struggle; to have a hard timeくつう苦痛をともなう伴うto be accompanied by painくのう苦悩するto be in anguishくるしめる苦しめるto tormentくるしい苦しいおもい思いをするto have a painful experienceくるしい苦しいじょうきょう状況difficult situationくるし苦しみをやわらげる和らげるto alleviate sufferingくるしい苦しいけつだん決断painful decisionくきょうにたたされる苦境に立たされるto be in a difficult situationくろう苦労をかさねる重ねるto accumulate hardships
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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One cannot have pain without pleasure, and one cannot have pleasure without pain.
Pick a job that you enjoy and working will seem easy.
Tom doesn't mind devoting a lot of time to helping the homeless.