Single kanji#1,705 most used

苦しい

くるしい3

Pitch accent · 中高 (nakadaka)

painful; difficult

ITS KANJI

息いきが苦くるしくて満足まんぞくにその言葉ことばを言いえなかった。

She could scarcely gasp the words.

わずかな収入しゅうにゅうで暮くらしていくのは苦くるしい。

It's hard for me to live on my small income.

painful; difficult; tough; hard

い-adjective

TANGOYA ASKS

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

い-adjective

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

い-adjective

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

い-adjective

hard to do; unpleasant

suffix · い-adjective

Kind単漢字, single kanji

Frequency#1,705 most used

Written苦しい only

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall, Write

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium