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tsurai
i adjective

Alternate Written Forms:

[つら()·]
tsurai

English Meaning(s) for つらい

i adjective
  1. painful; bitter; heart-breaking; difficult (emotionally)
  2. tough; difficult; hard (usu. of situations)
  3. cruel; harsh; cold

Definition and Synonyms for つらい

Badness used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
Synonyms: えらい, つらい, つらさ, づらい, にくい, まずい, こっぴどい, 厳しい, 厳しさ, 悪い, 悪さ, 憎い, 手ひどい, 手痛い, 苛烈, 辛い
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
Irritating causing physical discomfort
Synonyms: つらい, づらい, 辛い
Pungency a strong odor or taste property
Synonyms: つらい, つらさ, づらい, 辛い
Acerbity a rough and bitter manner
Synonyms: つらい, つらさ, づらい, 辛い, 辛辣
Suffering feelings of mental or physical pain
Synonyms: つらい, つらさ, づらい, 四苦八苦, 困難, 悩み, 悩む, 疾苦, 痛み, 痛む, 艱苦, , 苦い, 苦しみ, 苦しむ, 苦患, 苦悩, 苦痛, 苦衷, 辛い, 辛酸
Pestle grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar
Synonyms: つらい, づらい, 辛い
Rugged very difficult
Synonyms: タフ, きつい, つらい, づらい, 厳しい, 困難, 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
Jab strike or punch with quick and short blows
Synonyms: つらい, づらい, 辛い
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
Hype Up get excited or stimulated
Synonyms: つらい, づらい, 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
Piquant engagingly stimulating or provocative
Synonyms: つらい, づらい, , , 辛い
Hot producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves
Synonyms: つらい, づらい, ぴりっとくる, 辛い
Savory having an agreeably pungent taste
Synonyms: つらい, づらい, 辛い
Pungent strong and sharp
Synonyms: えぐい, つらい, づらい, いがらっぽい, え辛い, 辛い
Salty one of the four basic taste sensations
Synonyms: つらい, づらい, 辛い
Trying extremely irritating to the nerves
Synonyms: つらい, ストレス性
Bitter marked by strong resentment or cynicism
Synonyms: つらい, ひどい, 恨めしい, 渋い, 苦い, 苦々しい
Trying hard to endure
Synonyms: つらい, 困難, 痛い
Hard unfortunate or hard to bear
Synonyms: タフ, きつい, つらい, ハード
Bitter expressive of severe grief or regret
Synonyms: つらい, 悲痛, 苦い
Bitter very difficult to accept or bear
Synonyms: つらい, 苦い
Asperity something hard to endure
Synonyms: つらい, つらさ, づらい, こっぴどい, 厳い, 厳しい, 厳しさ, 手ひどい, 手厳しい, 手痛い, 苛烈, 辛い
Spiciness the property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored
Synonyms: つらい, つらさ, づらい, 辛い, 辛味
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
Rugged severely testing stamina or resolution
Synonyms: タフ, きつい, つらい, づらい, 厳しい, 困難, 辛い
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
Salty like the taste of sea water
Synonyms: つらい, づらい, 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

Categories つらい is a member of

Grind reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
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Strike deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
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Rouse cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
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Difficulty the quality of being difficult
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Spiciness the property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored
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Intensiveness high level or degree
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Disagreeableness an ill-tempered and offensive disposition
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Painfulness emotional distress
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Feeling the experiencing of affective and emotional states
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Taste Property a property appreciated via the sense of taste
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Stroke Order Diagrams for つらい

Conjugations for つらい

Adjective stem
tsura
te-form
tsurakute
Negative te-form
tsurakunakute
Adverbial Form
tsuraku
Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
tsurai
Present Indicative Negative Form
tsurakunai
Past Indicative Form
tsurakatta
Past Indicative Negative Form
tsurakunakatta
Provisional Form
Present Indicative Form
tsurakereba
Present Indicative Negative Form
tsurakunakereba
Present Indicative Negative Colloquial Form
tsurakunakya
Conditional Form
Present Indicative Form
tsurakattara
Present Indicative Negative Form
tsurakunakattara
Nominalized Form
Objective Form
tsurasa

Sample Sentences for つらい

She was weeping with pain.
They wished a hard job on him.
The piano instructor was hard on her.
He lived a hard life.
When things are hard or when you're sad, look up at the sky.

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