► 名詞
苦 [く] [苦にする] [liter] meaning: hate rank: 2
☆ 彼女は汚れ仕事を苦にしない ⇨ She doesn’t mind dirty work
苦 [く] [苦になる] [liter] meaning: pain rank: 2
☆ 本当にやり甲斐のある仕事をしている時は残業も苦にならない ⇨ When you are doing a truly fulfilling work, overtime doesn’t feel like a pain (☛ Usually mental pain)
苦 [く] [苦にする] [liter] meaning: struggle rank: 2
☆ 彼は障害を苦にして自殺した ⇨ He killed himself after struggling with his disability
More examples:
- 苦い思い出 ⇨ A bitter memory
- 食べ過ぎで腹が張って苦しい ⇨ I ate too much, my stomach is stretched full and uncomfortable
- 僕は暗記が苦手だ ⇨ I’m not good with memorization
- 彼は彼女への想いを断ち切るのに苦労した ⇨ He struggled to cut, stop, his feeling toward her
- それでなくても生活が苦しいのに物価がまた上がった ⇨ The living is already difficult, and the prices are going up again
- 限られた予算の中での苦肉の策 ⇨ A strategy with severe compromise to stay within the limited budget
- 彼は苦悩の表情を浮かべた ⇨ He had an expression of anguish on his face
- 業界全体が不況に苦しんでいる ⇨ The entire industry is struggling through bad economy
- 彼は弟のほうが成功していることを苦々しく思っている ⇨ He is not happy that his little brother is a lot more successful
- 彼は人生で多くの苦難を乗り越えてきた ⇨ He has overcome many difficulties in his life
- 苦しかったが踏ん張った ⇨ It was very rough, but I somehow held my ground, persevered
- 人生楽あれば苦あり ⇨ In life there are joys and pains
- 彼はスポーツが苦手だ。一方彼の弟はスポーツが得意だ ⇨ He is not good at sports. On the other hand his little brother is very good at sports
- 彼は苦虫を噛み潰したような顔をしている ⇨ He’s grimacing as if he bit a bitter bug
- この仕事を明日までに仕上げるのはちょっと苦しい ⇨ It is a little too difficult to finish this work by tomorrow