くがく
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する)
1. working one's way through school; earning one's own school fees
2. studying under adversity; studying in harsh economic circumstances
Pitch accent
がく
Composed of
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
self-supporting student; working student
strenuous pursuit of learning under difficulties