| 時化る(ateji) | [しける, shikeru] (v1, vi) (1) (uk) to be stormy or choppy (sea); (2) (uk) to go through hard times; to be broke; (3) (uk) to be gloomy; to be glum [Add to Longdo] |
| 痩せても枯れても;やせても枯れても | [やせてもかれても, yasetemokaretemo] (exp) even though one has fallen on hard times; however down on one's luck one may be [Add to Longdo] |
| 糟糠の妻 | [そうこうのつま, soukounotsuma] (exp) one's devoted wife; wife who has followed one through hard times; wife married in poverty [Add to Longdo] |
| 不景気 | [ふけいき, fukeiki] (adj-na, n) business recession; hard times; depression; gloom; sullenness; cheerlessness; (P) [Add to Longdo] |