Word Meaning 四重苦

よんじゅうく yonjuuku

四重苦 is read as よんじゅうく (yonjuuku) and means four-fold hardship.

Meaning

English

  1. four-fold hardship
  2. quadruple whammy

Reading

Kana

よんじゅうく

Romaji

yonjuuku

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 75542 Priority L

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

四苦八苦

しくはっく

the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)

四苦

しく

the four kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death)

二重苦

にじゅうく

double torture

三重苦

さんじゅうく

triple handicap (esp. blindness, deafness and mutism)

重苦

じゅうく

intense suffering

四重奏

しじゅうそう

instrumental quartet

四重唱

しじゅうしょう

vocal quartet

四重禁

しじゅうきん

four grave prohibitions (killing, theft, adultery, and deceit)

四重

しじゅう

fourfold

重苦しい

おもくるしい

heavy (feeling, etc.)

弦楽四重奏団

げんがくしじゅうそうだん

string quartet

弦楽四重奏

げんがくしじゅうそう

string quartet