Skip to main content
JLPT N1 Advanced

苦心

Painstaking effort or mental struggle

Readings

Other forms

苦心する verb form
苦心して te-form
苦心した past form
Noun, Suru verb

Painstaking Effort" / "Struggle

Describes the act of racking one’s brains or taking great pains to arrange, plan, or create something difficult.

Example

この ロゴ は 、 デザイナー が 苦心 し て 生み出し た もの です 。

This logo is something the designer created after much painstaking effort.

4 more examples in the mobile app
Free forever · No card needed

Study this term on the app

Every word on Amenokori — including 苦心 — comes with full meanings, example sentences, audio, and FSRS-powered review scheduling. 10K+ entries from N5 to N1.

Zero deck building Full context & nuance FSRS algorithm

100% free to start

amenokori · review
5 day streak
VOCAB 2 / 30
苦心
くしん
Painstaking effort or mental struggle
Example

この言葉を覚えましょう。

Let's memorize this word.

Again
Hard
Good
Easy