Vocabulary

What does 悪戦苦闘 (あくせんくとう) mean?

悪戦苦闘 (あくせんくとう) means fighting a hard battle; struggling desperately against difficult circumstances or tasks (lit. fierce battle, bitter struggle).

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fighting a hard battle; struggling desperately against difficult circumstances or tasks (lit. fierce battle, bitter struggle)

Example sentences

  • While struggling hard with translating unfamiliar technical terms, I somehow managed to finish the manuscript.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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