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Meaningsbittersufferingdifficult
How to remember
'Ku' — Think of a CUCKOO bird, known for its bitter actions when it lays eggs in other birds' nests, causing them suffering. Vocabulary
苦手にがて
poor at, dislike, weakness 苦しむくるしむ
to suffer, to be tormented 苦しいくるしい
painful, difficult, distressing