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jmdict 1244410 Active (id: 2168157)
苦学 [news2,nf44]
くがく [news2,nf44]
1. [n,vs,vi]
▶ working one's way through school
▶ earning one's own school fees
2. [n,vs,vi]
▶ studying under adversity
▶ studying in harsh economic circumstances

Conjugations


History:
6. A 2021-12-07 09:37:14  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
mk
  Diff:
@@ -16,0 +17 @@
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
@@ -22,0 +24 @@
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
5. A 2020-01-25 00:14:57  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I think that tag is for the English gloss rather than the sense itself.
4. A 2020-01-25 00:09:54  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
中辞典: 苦学する work one's way through school [college]; 《文》 study under adversity
  Comments:
That's where I saw the "文",
3. A* 2020-01-24 23:30:43  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daijr:
① 働いて学資を得るなど,苦しい生活環境の中で学問をすること。「―して大学を出る」「―生」
② 苦労して学問をすること。「―力行(りっこう)」
  Comments:
I don't think sense 2 is literary. No 文 tag in meikyo. Also, GG5 has "studying in [under] harsh economic circumstances" as its lead gloss.
I note that daijr has "苦しい生活環境の中で学問をする" as part of sense 1.
  Diff:
@@ -23 +22,0 @@
-<misc>&litf;</misc>
2. A 2020-01-23 02:54:09  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Daijr, GG5, etc.
  Comments:
Sense 2 is the original meaning.
  Diff:
@@ -17 +17,2 @@
-<gloss>paying one's own school expenses by working</gloss>
+<gloss>working one's way through school</gloss>
+<gloss>earning one's own school fees</gloss>
@@ -22 +23,3 @@
-<gloss>strenuously pursuit learning</gloss>
+<misc>&litf;</misc>
+<gloss>studying under adversity</gloss>
+<gloss>studying in harsh economic circumstances</gloss>
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