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苦しい
Readings
くるしい
kurushii
English
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
painful, difficult, tough, hard
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
distressing, (psychologically) difficult, stressful, awkward (e.g. position)
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
straitened (circumstances), tight (financial situation), needy, struggling
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
strained (interpretation, explanation, etc.), lame (e.g. excuse), forced (e.g. smile), far-fetched
Suffix
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
See also: 寝苦しい・ねぐるしい
See also: 見苦しい・みぐるしい
after -masu stem of verb; often ぐるしい
hard to do, unpleasant
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Conjugated forms
Present, Future 苦しい
is [x] 苦しくない
is not [x] Past 苦しかった
was [x] 苦しくなかった
was not [x] Te-form, Continuative 苦しくて
is [x] and... 苦しくなくて
is not [x] and...
Kanjis
苦 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
suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl

Stroke: 8 Grade: 3 JLPT: N2 SKIP: 2-3-5 FC: 4460.0


Phrases
苦しい、やめろ。
Parts: 苦しい (くるしい) 止める (やめる)
It's so painful. Stop it!

彼の家族はかなり生活が苦しい。
Parts: 彼 (かれ) 家族 (かぞく) 可也 (かなり) 生活 (せいかつ) 苦しい (くるしい)
His family is rather badly off.

彼は過去の苦しい生活を黙想した。
Parts: 彼 (かれ) 過去 (かこ) 苦しい (くるしい) 生活 (せいかつ) 黙想 (もくそう)
He meditated on his past life of suffering.