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Shirimono
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Meaning: bitter

Other meanings: suffering, hardship, pain, distress, difficult

Kun'yomi: にが、くる

On'yomi:

Example sentences

  • このくすりにがくてみにくい。

    Kono kusuri wa <b>nigakute</b> nominikui.

    This medicine is <b>bitter</b> and hard to swallow.

  • けんくるしんでいるがくせいおおい。

    Shiken ni <b>kurushinde</b> iru gakusei ga ōi.

    There are many students <b>struggling</b> with the exam.

  • ろうしておぼえたことわすれない。

    <b>Kurō</b> shite oboeta kotoba wa wasurenai.

    I don't forget words I learned through <b>hard work</b>.

  • もくまいにちれんしゅうしている。

    <b>Nigate</b> na kamoku wo mainichi renshū shite iru.

    I practice my <b>weak</b> subjects every day.

Practice exercises

  • reading

    Answer: にが / く / くる

  • meaning

    Answer: bitter / suffering / hardship / difficult

  • reading

    苦い

    Answer: にがい

  • reading

    Answer: にがて

  • reading

    ろう

    Answer: くろう

  • reading

    せん

    Answer: くせん