苦しい

Meanings

1. I-adjective

   painful; difficult; tough; hard

2. I-adjective

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

3. I-adjective

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

4. I-adjective

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

5. Suffix · I-adjective

   hard to do; unpleasant

In Spanish

1. doloroso; trabajoso; dificultoso

Kanji in this word

• 苦

Example sentences

• 苦くるしい、やめろ。

  It's so painful. Stop it!

  ¡Es tan doloroso! ¡Para!

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• 彼の家族はかなり生活が苦しい。

  His family is rather badly off.

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