苦く労ろう

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

Refers to physical or mental effort, struggle, or difficulty in doing something. Often used in the phrase 苦労する (to have a hard time, to struggle).

彼かれは若わかい頃ころ、ずいぶん苦く労ろうしたらしい。

It seems he went through a lot of hardships when he was young.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

Focuses on mental worry or emotional burden rather than physical effort. Often used in contexts of personal concerns or anxieties.

苦く労ろうUsage98%
Standard modern kanji spelling.
くろうUsage2%
クロウUsage<1%
苦く勞ろうUsage<1%
out-dated kanji form
Outdated kanji form using 勞; not used in modern Japanese.

困こん難なん
困難 is more formal and refers to objective difficulty or hardship, while 苦労 emphasizes the personal experience of struggle or worry.
心しん配ぱい
心配 is the most common word for 'worry' and focuses on concern about a specific future event, whereas 苦労 (sense 2) implies ongoing mental burden or cares.

Compound of 苦 (ku, 'suffering') and 労 (rō, 'labor'). The combination conveys the idea of suffering through toil or hardship.