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苦しい, くるしい
1. painful, difficult, tough, hard
2. distressing, (psychologically) difficult, stressful, awkward (e.g. position)
3. straitened (circumstances), tight (financial situation), needy, struggling
4. strained (interpretation, explanation, etc.), lame (e.g. excuse), forced (e.g. smile), far-fetched
Suffix, See 寝苦しい・ねぐるしい, See 見苦しい・みぐるしい, after -masu stem of verb; often ぐるしい
5. hard to do, unpleasant
彼の家族はかなり生活が苦しい。
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苦しめる, くるしめる
Ichidan verb, Transitive
1. to torment, to pain, to inflict (physical) pain, to hurt
2. to harass, to cause (emotional) pain, to afflict, to distress, to bother, to trouble, to stump, to baffle
その事実が彼女の心を苦しめている。
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重苦しい, おもくるしい
heavy (feeling, etc.), gloomy (weather, etc.), oppressive (atmosphere, etc.), stifling, strained
言葉は消え去っても、打撃はおもくるしく残る。
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見苦しい, みぐるしい
unsightly, ugly, unseemly, indecent, deplorable, disgraceful, shameful
ここだけの話だけれど、あの太った見苦しい魔女は減量中なのだ。
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暑苦しい, 熱苦しい, あつくるしい
1. sultry, sweltering, stuffy, oppressively hot
2. uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.), stuffy-looking
昨夜は暑くるしかった。
理解に苦しむ, りかいにくるしむ
Expression, Godan verb
to be unable to understand, to baffle one's understanding, to be beyond one's comprehension
良薬口に苦し, りょうやくくちににがし
Expression, Proverb
the most helpful advice may be difficult to listen to, good medicine tastes bitter
苦し紛れ, くるしまぎれ
NA-adjective, May take 'no', oft. as 〜に
(out of) desperation, (as a) last resort, (driven by) pain
良薬は口に苦し, りょうやくはくちににがし
Expression, Proverb
the most helpful advice may be difficult to listen to, good medicine tastes bitter
産みの苦しみ, 生みの苦しみ, うみのくるしみ
Expression
1. labor pains, birth pangs
2. throes of creation, toil of producing something new