Appendix:Gikun Usage in Meiji Version of Japanese Bible/苦難

Japanese

Kanji in this term
苦	難
なやみ
Grade: 3	Grade: 6
jukujikun

Alternative spelling
苦難 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 悩み (nayami, “trouble”), applying the 義訓 (gikun, “meaning reading”) to 苦難 (kunan).

Noun

苦難(なやみ) • (nayami) 

1. distress, hardship
   • Book of Psalms 91:10 (page 830)

     災害(わざはひ)なんぢにいたらず苦難(なやみ)なんぢの幕(まく)屋(や)にちかづかじ

     wazawai nanji ni itarazu nayami nanji no makuya ni chikazukaji

     There shall be no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.