Keyword
suffering
Info
FrequencyTop 200-300
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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KankenLevel 8
Heisig239
Readings
(46%)
くる
(28%)
にが
(19%)
ぐる
(4%)
くっ
(1%)
Composed of
blades of grass
old
Mnemonic

These old blades of grass are suffering as they haven't been watered in ages.

Used in vocabulary (251 in total)
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
Examples (200 in total)
They had to endure a hard life.
Are you afraid of the dark?
I'm not good at meeting people.
I'm not very good at remembering names.
I'm not good with children.
I'm not good at cooking.
I don't like talking about myself.
I'm not good with apologies.
I had no difficulty finding your house.
We had a hard time resolving that problem.
Your father went through all that trouble for your sake.
Do you have problems understanding what women and children say to you?
I had some trouble in finding his house.
I had a hard time finding his house.
He didn't have as much trouble finding a job as he thought he would.
He took pains to write this song.
She seems to have had a very hard time.
Did you have any difficulty in finding my house?
I always have trouble remembering names.
I had difficulty in solving this problem.
He found it difficult to solve the problem.
I'm not good at reading maps.
He suffered terrible pain from his injuries.
He was in pain.
I can't bear that she should suffer so.
We all suffer from it to some degree.
To live is to suffer.
Why are you happy when someone else suffers?
They devised a scheme to make money with little effort.
I'm not stupid. I'm just bad at math.
The pain finally went away.
Of course, I do not want to die. But to be alive is painful as well.
His face is distorted by pain.
I cannot bear the pain any more.
For 32 years, I've been living in suffering!
They had difficulties reaching the island.
I'm not good with this sort of thing.
You'll find some difficulty carrying out the plan.
He is weak in English.
He is terrible at speaking English.
Sometimes I struggle to speak English.
I still have difficulty in making myself understood in English.
She is weakest at science.
His heart filled with sorrow.
"If it's bitter, I don't want it." "Drink it!" "I don't like anything bitter."
This tea is too bitter.
This coffee is bitter.
This coffee tastes bitter.
This coffee is too bitter.
It's very bitter.
The taste of love is bitter.
It is said that the taste of love is bitter.
The medicine is bitter.
That was the source of his troubles.
This beer is bitter.
I have difficulty in Japanese.
He lay in agony until the doctor arrived.
I'm not very good with chopsticks.
I'm not good at this sort of thing.
I had a hard time trying to persuade him to cancel the trip.
It was hard to work without breakfast.
I had difficulty in having it repaired.
He is suffering from a headache.
Her daughter is bad at cooking.
I had a little difficulty in getting a taxi.
He is poor at English but second to none in mathematics.
I am not good at maths.
I'm terrible at math.
I'm not good at drawing.
Are you still having difficulty with physics?
My wife had a hard time getting into the swing of our new life in America.
They had trouble finding the place.
I had difficulty in making him understand the message in English.
I'm bad at sports.
She is bad at sports.
I am very poor at sports.
He seems to be having trouble breathing.
He was in agony.
The man groaned in pain.
The soldier groaned with pain.
The treatment prolonged the agony.
Why is life so full of suffering?
He'll have many hardships to go through in the future.
Passion creates suffering.
The newspaper told of the mother's anguish at the death of her son.
I'm bad at singing karaoke.
I'm not very good at swimming.
I'm poor at swimming.
That is absurd.
I had a hard time getting to the airport.
A-hahaha, you really are bad at keeping secrets.
I'm poor at customer service.
Life is hard.
The medicine tastes bitter.
I always have trouble pronouncing that word.
She didn't have much difficulty finding out the answer to the problem.
Can we find joy in spite of suffering and death?
It's painful to keep sitting for hours.
They experienced emotional pain and despair.
I'm not good at thinking logically.
The official could not deal with the complaint himself.
I am writing in relation to your complaint.
I had difficulty getting a ticket for the concert.
She complained to the manager about the service.
He accumulated his fortune by hard work.
I'm poor at tennis.
The customer's complaint was about a sensitive issue.
I got lost and had a hard time finding my way back to the hotel.
She recognized that math was her weakest subject.
The residents made complaints about the noise.
He had to go through a lot of hardships.
They knew about the hardship and loss.
They had to endure great hardship during the war.
I have gone through many hardships.
I had great difficulty in finding my ticket at the station.
The pain caused by love is much sweeter than any pleasure.
Tom often has trouble remembering things.
Tom often has trouble choosing what clothes to wear.
Tom complained about the exam.
Tom isn't good at sports.
Tom isn't good at cards.
Tom isn't very good at remembering people's names.
Tom wasn't good at math.
Tom is bad at math.
Tom isn't very good at dancing.
Tom is bad at French.
Sometimes I struggle to speak French.
Physics is my weak subject.
I complained, but they refused to take this sweater back.
Not only were we hungry, but we were also suffering from thirst.
His lecture on chemistry was nothing but torture.
We must relieve the refugees of their suffering.
I had difficulty convincing her of the dangers of smoking.
According to a survey, 1 billion people are suffering from poverty in the world.
I've had a lot on my mind recently and have had trouble falling asleep at night.
I had a lot of difficulty getting in touch with her.
The slaves suffered cruel oppression.
The agonies of the machine age do not originate from the machines as such.
We had much difficulty in finding the bus stop.
The document clearly spells out the correct procedure for dealing with complaints.
This room is cramped.
I want to move out of this cramped room as soon as I can.
I'm struggling with French grammar.
I had a very hard time writing the paper.
His son's criminal activities caused him great pain.
I'm not very good at handling hot weather, but I'm fine with the cold.
After losing his job, he went through a very difficult time.
A lot of students struggle with math in school.
He solved the problem in five minutes that I had struggled with for two hours.
Medical innovations are the best way to relieve us from sufferings.
I don't like the smell of durian.
Make sure that the complaints are dealt with as quickly as possible.
Tom doesn't mind devoting a lot of time to helping the homeless.
Tom prefers coffee and chocolate with a slightly bitter taste.
Tom says his first love is a "bitter memory".
We had trouble finding a place to park.
Let's dispense with formalities.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
As a rule, Japanese people are not good at foreign languages.
I'm not good at fishing.
People are suffering from the contamination of the water supply.
I'm suffering from chronic constipation.
Maria doesn't like parsley.
This kind of music is something that older people have difficulty understanding.
Humanity has suffered more from war in this century than ever before.
If your coffee is too strong, add some sugar.
I'll share both troubles and joys with you.
Going back to South Africa had stirred up some painful memories for him.
We found it very hard going back to our base camp in the blizzard.
The entire crew was afflicted with food poisoning.
The number of people suffering from heart disease has increased.
The number of people suffering from AIDS has increased.
Many people are suffering from the lack of food.
He has endured physical and mental pain.
The emigrants have endured physical and mental pain.
We are suffering from a severe water shortage this summer.
He had a bitter experience.
Young people must profit from their bitter experiences.
He had no difficulty swimming across the river.
Tom suffered from migraine headaches for years.
The feeble patient is suffering from stomach cancer.
He is suffering from a toothache.
He often suffered from toothache.
My little sister has been suffering from a toothache since last night.
Those who are suffering from hunger in Africa need urgent help.
Some people in the world suffer from hunger.
They suffered from smog.
I'm not good at science, but I remember the Doppler effect.
That is why so many people are suffering from famine.
The medicine decreased his pain.
I'm not good at posting stuff online.
I'm still suffering from jet lag.
It's been a week, but I'm still suffering from jet lag.
A huge federal budget deficit has been plaguing the American economy for many years.
Most developing countries are suffering from overpopulation.
Tom is bad at parallel parking.
She suffers from a chronic illness.
An increase in customer complaints could signal a decline in business.
He is indifferent to the suffering of others.
They labored over the budget for the fiscal year 1997.