noun, takes する

  1. being in dire distress, being hard put to it. Messages.yoji.
  2. Buddhist term.the four and eight kinds of suffering.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
四苦八苦 しくはっく

Contained Kanji Breakdown

four
よん シ よ (1st, N5)
box, box or enclosure radical (no. 31)
イ コク (Kentei 1)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)
suffering, trial, worry
ク くる.しい にが.い (3rd, N3)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
old
コ ふる.い ふゆ (2nd, N4)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)