憂き目|うきめukime[3]odaka (tail-high)

1. nounbitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
   後あとで憂き目うきめをみる。↗

   This will bring you to grief.

• Related不幸せふしあわせNeutralRefers to unhappiness as a general state; 「憂き目」 typically appears as 「憂き目を見る」 and denotes a specific painful experience like being rejected or going bankrupt.
• Related困難こんなんNeutralMeans difficulty, stressing that something is hard to achieve or carry out, as in 「困難を乗り越える」.
• Related苦しみくるしみNeutralMeans suffering; broad in scope, covering both physical and mental pain.
• Related苦境くきょうWrittenA written/formal term for a predicament, as in 「苦境に立つ」; stresses the situation one is in.
• Related苦難くなんWrittenA written/formal term for prolonged trials and hardship, as in 「苦難の歴史」.
• Related逆境ぎゃっきょうWrittenA written/formal term for adverse circumstances, stressing an unfavorable environment, as in 「逆境に強い」.
• Related困窮こんきゅうWrittenA written/formal term for destitution and being hard up, as in 「生活に困窮する」.
• Related辛苦しんくWrittenA written/formal term for toil, stressing weariness from hard work, as in 「粒々辛苦」.
• Related困苦こんくWrittenA written/formal term for privation; used infrequently and leaning toward poverty.
• Related難儀なんぎCasualColloquial for something troublesome or a trying situation; especially common in the Kansai region.
• Related貧苦ひんくWrittenA written/formal term for the hardships of poverty; the suffering is specifically financial.
• Related悲境ひきょうWrittenA written/formal term for wretched, sorrowful circumstances; rarely used.
• Antonym楽らくNeutralMeans ease and comfort; the opposite of the suffering conveyed by 「憂き目」.
• Antonym喜びよろこびNeutralMeans joy and delight; the opposite of the bitter experiences described by 「憂き目」.

Use 「憂き目」 for bitter experiences such as bankruptcy, failing to be selected, or being laid off; it typically appears as 「憂き目を見る」 or 「倒産の憂き目に遭う」. For difficulty in general use 「困難」, and for a difficult situation or predicament use 「苦境」. The opposite of 「憂き目」 is 「喜び」.

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1. 辛つらいこと。悲かなしいこと。