苦

Meaning

1. n
   pain; anguish; suffering; distress; anxiety; worry; trouble; difficulty; hardship
2. n
   duhkha (suffering)

Example sentences

• 彼は長時間働いても苦にならなかった。

  He made nothing of working for a long time.

• 彼は早起きが苦にならない。

  He makes nothing of getting up early in the morning.

• 楽は苦の種苦は楽の種。

  One cannot have pain without pleasure, and one cannot have pleasure without pain.