苦渋 (くじゅう) — bitterness, distress, pain | Kakuso

Vocabulary

Meaning

bitterness distress pain

Practice Writing

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Component Analysis

bitterness, distress, pain...

苦

suffering, trial, worry...

くる.しい, -ぐる.しい, ク

艹

( 艸 ) grass, radical number 140

古

ふる.い, ふる-, コ

十

とお, と, ジュウ

口

くち, コウ, ク

渋

astringent, hesitate, reluctant...

しぶ, しぶ.い, ジュウ

氵

( 水 ) water, water radical (no. 85)

止

と.まる, -ど.まり, シ

卜

( ト ) divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)

うらな.う, うらない, ボク

夂

( CDP-89AE ) late, delayed, winter radical (no. 34)

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