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苦労

JLPT N3 · Vocabulary

苦労 — “hardship, trouble, toil”

苦労 (read くろう) means hardship, trouble, toil. It appears on the JLPT N3 vocabulary list and is a noun.

Reading

くろう

Meaning

hardship, trouble, toil

苦労 in a sentence

親おやは苦労くろうして育そだてた。

My parents raised me through much hardship.

The kanji in 苦労

苦suffering; bitter
労labor

Words that share a kanji with 苦労

苦いにがい— bitter
苦しいくるしい— painful, hard, tough
苦手にがて— poor at, weak at, not one's cup of tea
苦痛くつう— pain, agony, suffering
苦しむくるしむ— to suffer, to be distressed
苦心くしん— pains, hard work, taking great trouble
苦情くじょう— complaint, grievance
労働ろうどう— labor, work

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