四苦八苦 – vocab dash

四し苦く八はっ苦く

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Meanings

Noun

Suru verb

Intransitive verb

1. being in dire distress; being hard put to it; being hard pressed (for money) (Yojijukugo)

Noun

2. the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha) (Yojijukugo)

Kanji used

四four 苦suffering 八eight

Pitch accent

しくはっく

Examples7

ホームページ作づくりに四し苦く八はっ苦くしてるようだけど、手伝てつだってあげようか。

You look like you're having a lot of trouble setting up that web page. Want some help?

時とき々どき、英えい語ごを話はなすのに四し苦く八はっ苦くするよ。

Sometimes I struggle to speak English.

多おおくの生せい徒とが、学がっ校こうの数すう学がくで四し苦く八はっ苦くします。

A lot of students struggle with math in school.

時とき々どき、フランス語ごを話はなすのに四し苦く八はっ苦くするよ。

Sometimes I struggle to speak French.

レポートを書かくのに四し苦く八はっ苦くした。

I had a very hard time writing the paper.

我われ々われはノルマを果はたそうと一いっ生しょう懸けん命めいにがんばって四し苦く八はっ苦くした。

We almost broke our necks trying to meet the quota.