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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

苦く難なん

kunan

hardship, suffering

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは幾多いくたもの苦難くなんを乗のり越こえてきた。

    He had to overcome quite many hardships.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  2. 私わたしは多おおくの苦難くなんを経験けいけんしてきた。

    I have gone through many hardships.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 今いままでの彼女かのじょの人生じんせいは苦難くなんに満みちたものだった。

    Her life has been full of trials.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 苦難

  • 苦suffering; trialOnクKunくるしい・くるしむ・くるしめる
  • 難difficult; impossibleOnナンKunかたい・むずかしい・むづかしい

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