Word Meaning 艱苦

Listen to 艱難辛苦

艱難辛苦

かんなんしんく

trial and tribulation

Listen to 艱難苦労

艱難苦労

かんなんくろう

trials and tribulations

Listen to 辛苦艱難

辛苦艱難

しんくかんなん

trials and tribulations

Listen to 病苦

病苦

びょうく

pain of sickness

Listen to 辛苦

辛苦

しんく

hardship

Listen to 生活苦

生活苦

せいかつく

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

Listen to 四苦八苦

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)

Listen to 労苦

労苦

ろうく

labor

Listen to 衆苦

衆苦

しゅく

numerous sufferings

Listen to 人間苦

人間苦

にんげんく

human suffering

Listen to 愛別離苦

愛別離苦

あいべつりく

the pain of separation from loved ones

Listen to 二重苦

二重苦

にじゅうく

double torture