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kurushii
i adjective, suffix

English Meaning(s) for 苦しい

i adjective
  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, i adjective
  1. hard to do; unpleasant (after -masu stem of verb; often ぐるしい)

Definition and Synonyms for 苦しい

Pain a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
Synonyms: 疼痛, 痛み, 痛む, 痛苦, 苦しい, 苦しさ, 苦しみ, 苦しむ, 苦痛
Problematical making great mental demands
Synonyms: ハード, とらえどころのない, 困難, 手ごわい, 手強い, 苦しい, 複雑, 難解
Painfulness emotional distress
Synonyms: つらい, つらさ, づらい, 憂苦, 痛み, 痛む, 痛苦, , 苦い, 苦しい, 苦しさ, 苦しみ, 苦しむ, 苦悩, 苦痛, 辛い
Suffering a state of acute pain
Synonyms: 倒懸, 激痛, 苦しい, 苦しさ, 苦しみ, 苦しむ, 苦痛, 重苦
Torment intense feelings of suffering
Synonyms: うるさい, 倒懸, 八苦, 患う, 悩み, 悩む, 水火, 煩い, , 苦い, 苦しい, 苦しさ, 苦しみ, 苦しむ, 苦患, 苦悩, 苦痛, 重苦
Bad feeling physical discomfort or pain
Synonyms: つらい, づらい, 不快, 気持ち悪い, 苦しい, 辛い
Hard characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
Synonyms: きつい, つらい, づらい, ハード, ヘビー, ヘヴィ, しんどい, 困難, 大変, 懸命, 苦しい, 辛い, 重たい, 難しい
Laboured lacking natural ease
Synonyms: ぎこちない, 不自然, 苦しい
Painful causing physical or psychological pain
Synonyms: つらい, づらい, 切ない, 心苦しい, 悩ましげ, 痛い, 苦い, 苦しい, 辛い
Sore causing misery or pain or distress
Synonyms: つらい, づらい, 切ない, 心苦しい, 悲しい, 悲壮, 痛い, 苦しい, 辛い
Problematical hard to comprehend or solve or believe
Synonyms: ハード, とらえどころのない, 困難, 手ごわい, 手強い, 苦しい, 複雑, 難解
Painfulness a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid
Synonyms: つらい, つらさ, づらい, 憂苦, 痛み, 痛む, 痛苦, , 苦い, 苦しい, 苦しさ, 苦しみ, 苦しむ, 苦悩, 苦痛, 辛い
Hard especially physical effort
Synonyms: きつい, つらい, づらい, ハード, ヘビー, ヘヴィ, しんどい, 困難, 大変, 懸命, 苦しい, 辛い, 重たい, 難しい
Torment acute mental or physical pain
Synonyms: うるさい, 倒懸, 八苦, 患う, 悩み, 悩む, 水火, 煩い, , 苦い, 苦しい, 苦しさ, 苦しみ, 苦しむ, 苦患, 苦悩, 苦痛, 重苦

Meanings for each kanji in 苦しい

» suffering; trial; worry; hardship; feel bitter; scowl

Categories 苦しい is a member of

Suffering feelings of mental or physical pain
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Pain a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
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Symptom any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
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Feeling the experiencing of affective and emotional states
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Stroke Order Diagrams for 苦しい

Conjugations for 苦しい

Adjective stem
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kurushi
te-form
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kurushikute
Negative te-form
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kurushikunakute
Adverbial Form
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kurushiku
Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
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kurushii
Present Indicative Negative Form
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kurushikunai
Past Indicative Form
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kurushikatta
Past Indicative Negative Form
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kurushikunakatta
Provisional Form
Present Indicative Form
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kurushikereba
Present Indicative Negative Form
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kurushikunakereba
Present Indicative Negative Colloquial Form
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kurushikunakya
Conditional Form
Present Indicative Form
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kurushikattara
Present Indicative Negative Form
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kurushikunakattara
Nominalized Form
Objective Form
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kurushisa

Sample Sentences for 苦しい

Nothing is as terrible as losing someone you love in the world.
They were badly off in the village.
She could scarcely gasp the words.
Being able to smile while in great distress is not duck soup for a passionate individual.
This month was kind of difficult.

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