► 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:
- 彼は苦労してきたので精神的に鍛えられている ⇨ He has gone through adversities so he is mentally strengthened, strong
- 彼はコロナの後遺症で苦しんでいる ⇨ He is suffering from lingering effects of COVID
- 彼はお坊ちゃま育ちで苦労を知らない ⇨ He was raised like a prince and has never known adversities
- 苦いコーヒー ⇨ Bitter coffee
- 鼻が詰まって苦しい ⇨ My nose is stuffed and hard to breathe
- 彼は貧しかったので苦学した ⇨ He was poor and struggled to pay for his education
- 農民達は重税に苦しんだ ⇨ The farmers suffered under heavy taxation
- 彼等は在庫を売り捌くのに苦労している ⇨ They are struggling to sell off the remaining stock
- 新技術の開発に際してもっと苦労した点は何ですか？ ⇨ What was the point you had the biggest difficulty during the development of the new technology?
- 彼の顔が苦痛に歪んだ ⇨ His face contorted with pain
- お腹がガスで膨れて苦しい ⇨ My stomach is bloated with gas and it is painful
- 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
- 将軍は前線での苦戦にも関わらず悠然としている ⇨ The general seems confident and relaxed despite the struggles in the front
- 私は酒が苦手だ ⇨ I don’t like alcohol
- 息が苦しい ⇨ My breathing is hard. I can’t breathe well