気苦労

きぐろう

Meanings

1. Noun, な-adjective, する verb, Intransitive worry; care; anxiety; mental exhaustion

Kanji

• 気 spirit. Read as キ.
• 苦 suffer
• 労 labor. Read as ロウ.

Example sentences

• 苦労と気苦労で彼の健康はそこなわれた。
  Toil and worry caused his health to break down.
• 気苦労で彼女は１０歳もふけこんだ。
  Worry has made her look ten years older.
• 気苦労で彼は急にふけた。
  Care aged him quickly.
• 気苦労が彼の体に響いた。
  Worry affected his health.

Words containing 気苦労

• 気苦労が絶えない (きぐろうがたえない) having no end of worries

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