painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
complaint; troubles; objection; grievance
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious
thank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts
thank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
I appreciate your efforts
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
awareness that one is not good at something; feelings of inferiority
penance; austerities; mortification; difficult work; strenuous task
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; being hard pressed (for money); 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)
to give candid advice; to give harsh but honest advice; to admonish
to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension
faint, ironic or bittersweet smile
worry; care; anxiety; mental exhaustion
hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds
racking one's brains; worrying oneself; being anxious
candid advice; frank advice; honest opinion; exhortation; harsh but honest advice
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having chewed on a bitter bug
to be bothered (by something); to suffer
messy; shabby; scruffy; dirty; squalid; sordid
have a pain in one's chest
last resort; desperate measure taken under the pressure of necessity
slightly bitter (taste); bittersweet (memory, experience, etc.)
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts
overanxiety; needless worry
person who has been through a lot; worldly-wise person; one who has seen it all
labor; labour; toil; hardship
being extremely bad or uncomfortable (at or with something); having a dread (of something)
to share (life's) joys and sorrows (with); to share the good and the bad (with); to stick together through thick and thin
hard fight; difficult struggle
mental anguish; mental distress
to be in difficulties; to be in trouble; to be in a difficult situation
no problem; no objection; it doesn't matter
trial and tribulation; hardships; privations; difficulties
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
pleasure and pain; joys and sorrows
nervous temperament; worry habit; pessimistic nature; pessimism
(feeling of) tightness in the chest
unpleasant to hear; difficult to hear
ninja throwing knives; medieval farming tool for digging, prying, etc.
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having chewed on a bitter bug
to look sour; to look disgusted; to scowl; to frown
to look sour; to look disgusted; to scowl; to frown
hardships of life (esp. due to lack of money); life's struggles
toil; drudgery; penal servitude; imprisonment (with hard labour)
self-supporting student; working student
unremitting effort; dogged perseverance; unswerving loyalty
thank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having chewed on a bitter bug
distress; anguish; mental suffering
bitter liquid; (fig.) bitter experience
thank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts
formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious
triple handicap (esp. blindness, deafness and mutism)
hardships of poverty; serious poverty
working one's way through school; earning one's own school fees; studying under adversity; studying in harsh economic circumstances
world of suffering; life of prostitution
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
hardship; suffering; privation; adversity
hellish pain; suffering; distress; agony
to have a bitter experience
I appreciate your efforts
labor pains; birth pangs; throes of creation; toil of producing something new
formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious
to have a bitter experience
the most helpful advice may be difficult to listen to; (lit.) good medicine tastes bitter
to have a bitter experience
double torture; double pain; double hardship; double whammy
laborious composition; struggling to compose a poem
overanxiety; needless worry
terrible pain; terrible hardship; terrible suffering
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
the most helpful advice may be difficult to listen to; (lit.) good medicine tastes bitter
to drink a bitter cup; to have a bitter experience; to suffer a defeat
overanxiety; needless worry
to worry (about); to be terribly worried (about); to be very concerned (about); to be sick with worry
hurting oneself (to trick an adversary)
trouble; distress; sorrow
bitter cup; bitter experience; bitter defeat; ordeal
the Seven Misfortunes and Eight Pains; a series of disasters
account of the hardships one has encountered
being arduous; working diligently enduring hardships
suffering pain; experiencing hardship
messy; shabby; scruffy; dirty; squalid; sordid
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having chewed on a bitter bug
slightly bitter (taste); bittersweet (memory, experience, etc.)
formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious
bitter melon (Momordica charantia); bitter gourd
overanxiety; needless worry
toil and moil; working assiduously for; tireless hard work; painstaking labor (labour)
labor pains; birth pangs; throes of creation; toil of producing something new
to have a bitter experience
inevitability of death (one of the four kinds of suffering); death pains; agony of death
to drink a bitter cup; to have a bitter experience; to suffer a defeat
stratagem for causing a rift in the enemy camp by using a seditious plot
to drink a bitter cup; to have a bitter experience; to suffer a defeat
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
bittern; concentrated solution of salts (esp. magnesium chloride) left over after the crystallization of seawater or brine
danger past, God forgotten; once on shore, we pray no more; man turns to God only in times of trouble; there are no atheists in foxholes
to have a bitter experience
to be distressed with debts
crumpled; wrinkled; crinkled; creased
being arduous; working diligently enduring hardships; making a strenuous effort
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
sweetness and bitterness; joys and sorrows
after pleasure comes pain; there is no pleasure without pain; there is no rose without a thorn; take the good with the bad
the four kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death)
the pain of separation from loved ones
trials and tribulations; adversities; suffering hardships and troubles
sea of suffering; human realm
unpleasant to hear; difficult to hear
danger past, God forgotten; once on shore, we pray no more; man turns to God only in times of trouble; there are no atheists in foxholes
toil and moil; working assiduously for; tireless hard work; painstaking labor (labour)
strenuous pursuit of learning under difficulties
Arduous March; North Korean famine of the late 1990s
the 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)
trials and tribulations; adversities; suffering hardships and troubles
the pain of not getting what one seeks
jostling; being jostled; being mobbed; crumpling
to drink a bitter cup; to have a bitter experience; to suffer a defeat
Suffering, Source of Suffering Desire, The Cessation of Suffering, The Way Leading to the Cessation of Suffering (The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism)
to have a bitter experience
the pain of meeting people one dislikes
four-fold hardship; quadruple whammy
bitter tea; low-quality tea
Ixeris dentata (species of the daisy family)
no pain, no gain; no cross, no crown
wormwood (Artemisia absinthium); absinthe
the pain of separation from loved ones
bitter cup; bitter experience; bitter defeat; ordeal
Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)
suffering caused by the cold
all things are causes of sufferings
overanxiety; needless worry
worrying oneself (about); being anxious (about); fidgeting (about)
coldest time of the year; bitter suffering
being arduous; working diligently enduring hardships; making a strenuous effort
to cause one's parents distress
magnesia; magnesium oxide
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
to go through all sorts of hardships
pain caused by the five skandhas
filled with numerous sufferings
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)
kousso (African flowering plant, Hagenia abyssinica); kosso; cusso; koso; brayera
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
bittern; concentrated solution of salts (esp. magnesium chloride) left over after the crystallization of seawater or brine
bitter cup; bitter experience; bitter defeat; ordeal
sulphur tuft (Hypholoma fasciculare); clustered woodlover
starry handfish (Halieutaea stellata)
after pleasure comes pain; there is no pleasure without pain; there is no rose without a thorn; take the good with the bad
sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus); milk thistle
no pain, no gain; no cross, no crown
kousso (vermifuge made from pistillate brayera flowers); kosso; cusso; koso
horned melon (Cucumis metuliferus); kiwano; African horned cucumber; jelly melon
Indian quassia (Picrasma quassioides); quassia wood; picrasma wood
grievance machinery; complaints department
bitter principle; bitter-tasting substance
to suffer; to complain of a pain
hardships and joys; tasting the sweets and bitters of life; being well-versed in the ways of the world (having seen much of life)
putting up a good fight against some odds
one cannot have pleasure without pain; no pain, no gain
there's no pain without pleasure, and there's no pleasure without pain
there's no pain without pleasure, and there's no pleasure without pain
spare no effort while you are young; heavy work in youth is quiet rest in old age
spare no effort while you are young; heavy work in youth is quiet rest in old age
a Buddha or Bodhisattva taking away suffering and conferring peace
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
cold-suffering bird; kankuchō; imaginary bird said to live in the Himalayas who forgets the cold of night as soon as morning comes; (lazy) person who is poor at practicing asceticism; person unlikely to reach satori
spare no effort while you are young; heavy work in youth is quiet rest in old age
spare no effort while you are young; heavy work in youth is quiet rest in old age
patripassianism (theology)
numerous sufferings; suffering of many people
harm zone; people who will suffer the negative effects of new public facilities, infrastructure, etc. (e.g. pollution)
numerous sufferings; various kinds of suffering
story of one's struggles; hardship story
creeping lettuce (Ixeris stolonifera)
Ixeris dentata var. alpicola (mountain flower in the dandelion family)
Rubus microphyllus (raspberry species)