Meaning of 苦しい in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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苦しいJLPT 3
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Kana Readingくるしい
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Romajikurushii
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adjective (keiyoushi)
- Meaning
- painful; difficult; agonizing
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- needy; tight (budget); straitened (circumstances)
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- forced (smile, joke); lame (excuse); strained (interpretation)
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- awkward (situation); painful (position)
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- Parts of speech
- suffix, adjective (keiyoushi)
- Meaning
- (after masu stem) hard to do; unpleasant
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Example Sentences
苦しい, くるしい used in context
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苦しかったらギブアップして、お姉さんのお願いを聞きなさいっ。
If you can't take it, give up and do what I, your older sister, asked of you.
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A good medicine tastes bitter.
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Their grace comes from hard work, sweat, and pain.
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非常に苦しいさなかにも、笑うことは、感情の激しい人には容易にできることではない。
Being able to smile while in great distress is not duck soup for a passionate individual.
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彼らは苦しい生活に耐えねばならなかった。
They had to endure a hard life.
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He meditated on his past life of suffering.
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Kanji found in this word
suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
On: ク
Kun: くる.しい, -ぐる.しい, くる.しむ, くる.しめる, にが.い, にが.る
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