プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
く【苦】
❶〔苦しみ〕pain; suffering ⇒くつう（苦痛）
苦あれば楽あり［苦は楽の種］
((諺)) No cross, no crown.／No pain, no gain.
三重苦
a [one's] triple [threefold] handicap／〔比喩的に〕a triple burden
❷〔心配，悩み〕worry, anxiety ((about))
借金を苦にしていた
He was worried about his debt.
貧乏なんか一向苦にしない
I don't mind poverty [being poor] at all.
暑さなど苦にならない
Heat doesn't bother me.
彼女は物事を苦にしない
She takes things in (her) stride.／She doesn't let things get her down.
❸〔骨折り〕trouble；《文》 toil
苦もなく
with no trouble
彼女は苦もなくその迷路を通り抜けた
She easily found her way out of the maze.