苦労
N3くろう kurou
- troubles
- hardships
nounする verbtransitiveintransitive
Chinese meanings
辛苦;艰难
Examples
- せっかくの苦労もあだになった。All my pains went for nothing.好不容易付出的努力也白费了。
- 彼は苦労して働いて財産をためた。He accumulated his fortune by hard work.他辛勤工作积攒了财富。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('08ca0a613f'); // 苦労
{
"id": "08ca0a613f",
"word": "苦労",
"reading": "くろう",
"romaji": "kurou",
"meanings": [
"troubles",
"hardships"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"n",
"vs",
"vt",
"vi"
],
"jmdict_id": 1244680,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "せっかくの苦労もあだになった。",
"furigana": "せっかくの{苦労|くろう}もあだになった。",
"en": "All my pains went for nothing.",
"tatoeba_id": 214040
},
{
"ja": "彼は苦労して働いて財産をためた。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{苦労|くろう}して{働|はたら}いて{財産|ざいさん}をためた。",
"en": "He accumulated his fortune by hard work.",
"tatoeba_id": 108108
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "22d52bb3ba13f93bfb0449b4182ef8e9dc467c9a25e07e03ca5c64f3580e8798",
"meanings": [
"辛苦",
"艰难"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "せっかくの苦労もあだになった。",
"zh": "好不容易付出的努力也白费了。"
},
{
"ja": "彼は苦労して働いて財産をためた。",
"zh": "他辛勤工作积攒了财富。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/08ca0a613f",
"JMdict ent_seq 1244680; local JMdict_e.gz",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "f89979507f3a3686c7152f24187c4d47098ec2094cee231d9a08ad616d9a57a9"
}
}