Hardship
Troubles
noun, する verb, な adjective
Suffering and labor. Sounds like the kind of thing these soft hands wouldn't want to deal with. These are hardships and troubles. Hopefully you don't have too much of this with kanji anymore!
くろう
This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.
ワニカニに出会うまでは、おれの人生は苦労ばかりだった。
My life was full of hardships until I came across WaniKani.
「このコウイチのサイン、苦労してやっと手に入れたんだよ。」「それはご苦労なことですね。」
"I spent a great deal of time and effort on Koichi's autograph." "Good work on that!"
うちのお風呂って、シャワーの位置が固定されちゃってるから、浴槽を洗って流すときにかなり苦労するんだよね。
Since the shower head’s position is fixed in my bath tub, it’s such a pain to rinse the tub out when I wash it.