くるしい

苦 しい

Common word

  1. adjective (keiyoushi)

    painful, difficult, tough, hard

    • 苦しい、やめろ。
      It's so painful. Stop it!

  2. adjective (keiyoushi)

    distressing, (psychologically) difficult, stressful, awkward (e.g. position)

    • 彼は過去の苦しい生活を黙想した。
      He meditated on his past life of suffering.

  3. adjective (keiyoushi)

    straitened (circumstances), tight (financial situation), needy, struggling

    • 彼の家族はかなり生活が苦しい。
      His family is rather badly off.

  4. adjective (keiyoushi)

    strained (interpretation, explanation, etc.), lame (e.g. excuse), forced (e.g. smile), far-fetched

  5. suffix, adjective (keiyoushi)

    hard to do, unpleasant
    after -masu stem of verb; often ぐるしい