苦学

くがくkugaku

noun · suru verb · intransitive

  1. working one's way through school
  2. earning one's own school fees
  3. studying under adversity
  4. studying in harsh economic circumstances

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences