四苦八苦
しくはっく
shikuhakku
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- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suruintransitive verb yojijukugo being in dire distress; being hard put to it; being hard pressed (for money)
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Buddhism
yojijukugo
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)
see: 四苦, 八苦
Kanji in this word
Example sentences
我々はノルマを果たそうと一生懸命にがんばって四苦八苦した。
wareware ha noruma wo hatasou to isshou kenmei ni ganbaxtsu te shiku hakku shi ta 。
We almost broke our necks trying to meet the quota.
レポートを書くのに四苦八苦した。
repooto wo kaku no ni shiku hakku shi ta 。
I had a very hard time writing the paper.
ホームページ作りに四苦八苦してるようだけど、手伝ってあげようか。
hoomu peeji tsukuri ni shiku hakku shi teru you da kedo 、 tetsudaxtsu te ageyou ka 。
You look like you're having a lot of trouble setting up that web page. Want some help?
パソコンを始めた頃はノートンの重いソフトに騙され四苦八苦していた。
pasokon wo hajime ta koro ha nooton no omoi sofuto ni damasa re shiku hakku shi te i ta 。
When I started using a computer I was taken in by Norton's CPU-hungry software and had a lot of trouble.