Word Meaning 困苦

こんく konku

困苦 is read as こんく (konku) and means privation.

Meaning

English

  1. privation
  2. hardship

Reading

Kana

こんく

Romaji

konku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 131476 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

困苦欠乏

こんくけつぼう

hardships and privations

困苦窮乏

こんくきゅうぼう

hardships and privations

困難

こんなん

infeasibility

困る

こまる

to be badly off

困り果てる

こまりはてる

to be at a complete loss

困った人

こまったひと

difficult person

病苦

びょうく

pain of sickness

生活苦

せいかつく

hardships of life (esp. due to lack of money)

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)

労苦

ろうく

labor

人間苦

にんげんく

human suffering

二重苦

にじゅうく

double torture