あくせんくとう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of あくせんくとう – see the following entry.

【悪戦苦闘】 [noun] hard fighting [noun] (figurative) expending great effort; fighting an uphill battle [verb] to fight hard [verb] (figurative) to expend great effort; to fight an uphill battle

(This term, あくせんくとう (akusenkutō), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)