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苦しい

苦しい

Japanese

Kanji in this term
くる
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Adjective

苦しい (-i inflection, hiragana くるしい, romaji kurushii)

  1. physically painful, agonizing
  2. difficult, strenuous, mentally trying
  3. tight (budget etc.), straitened
  4. forced

Inflection

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.