苦しい
くるしい
kurushii
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- adjective (keiyoushi) painful; difficult; tough; hard
- adjective (keiyoushi) distressing; (psychologically) difficult; stressful; awkward (e.g. position)
- adjective (keiyoushi) straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation); needy; struggling
- adjective (keiyoushi) strained (interpretation, explanation, etc.); lame (e.g. excuse); forced (e.g. smile); far-fetched
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suffixadjective (keiyoushi)
hard to do; unpleasant
see: 寝苦しい・ねぐるしい, 見苦しい・みぐるしい
Kanji in this word
Example sentences
彼は私達に対して実に堅苦しい。
kare ha watakushi tachi ni taishi te jitsu ni katakurushii 。
He is very formal with us.
彼は過去の苦しい生活を黙想した。
kare ha kako no kurushii seikatsu wo mokusou shi ta 。
He meditated on his past life of suffering.
彼の態度は軍人らしく堅苦しかった。
kare no taido ha gunjin rashiku katakurushikaxtsu ta 。
His bearing was stiff and military.
彼の家族はかなり生活が苦しい。
kare no kazoku ha kanari seikatsu ga kurushii 。
His family is rather badly off.
彼があれだけの苦しいトレーニングをしたのも無駄ではなかった彼は１位になった。
kare ga are dake no kurushii toreeningu wo shi ta no mo muda de ha nakaxtsu ta kare ha １ i ni naxtsu ta 。
He had not gone through all that hard training for nothing - he won first prize.
息が苦しくて満足にその言葉を言えなかった。
iki ga kurushiku te manzoku ni sono kotoba wo ie nakaxtsu ta 。
She could scarcely gasp the words.