しん
辛
さん
酸
かん
甘
く
苦

noun

Messages.yoji.
  1. hardships and joys, tasting the sweets and bitters of life, being well-versed in the ways of the world (having seen much of life).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
しん
辛
さん
酸
かん
甘
く
苦
 辛酸甘苦 しんさんかんく

Contained Kanji Breakdown

spicy, bitter, hot
つら.い　シン　から.い (Late Jr. High, N2)
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ　リツ　たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
ten
ジュウ　ジッ　ジュッ (1st, N5)
acid, bitterness, sour
サン　す.い (5th, N1)
west, bird, sign of the bird
とり　ユウ　なが (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
west, Spain
にし　サイ　セイ (2nd, N5)
high & level, lofty, bald
コツ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン　ニン　がい (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
to dawdle, the emperor Yao's father
シュン　うずくま.る
license, sincerity, permit
イン　じょう　まこと.に (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ　ボウ　ム (Kentei 1)
late, delayed, winter radical (no. 34)
チ　しゅう (Kentei 1)
sweet, coax, pamper
あま.い　カン　うま.い (Early Jr. High, N2)
twenty
にじゅう　ジュウ　ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
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)