Meaning of 悪戦苦闘 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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悪戦苦闘
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Kana Readingあくせんくとう
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Romajiakusenkutō
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
- Meaning
- hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds
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Example Sentences
悪戦苦闘, あくせんくとう used in context
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He is fighting with his back against the wall.
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He solved the problem in five minutes that I had struggled with for two hours.
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After an uphill struggle against great odds they finally got the company on its feet again.
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Poor Tom's been trying to get to sleep for three hours now.
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Kanji found in this word
suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
On: ク
Kun: くる.しい, -ぐる.しい, くる.しむ, くる.しめる, にが.い, にが.る
8 strokes
bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong
On: アク, オ
Kun: わる.い, わる-, あ.し, にく.い, -にく.い, ああ, いずくに, いずくんぞ, にく.む
11 strokes
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