noun, takes する, transitive verb, intransitive verb

  1. laborious composition, struggling to compose a poem.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
苦吟 くぎん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

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)
versify, singing, recital
ギン (9th, N1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
now
いま コン キン (2nd, N5)
to assemble. to gather together
シュウ あつまる
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
fu