THE WORD · N3
苦しい
painful ; difficult
Adjective to い · Suffix
苦しい、やめろ。
It hurts, stop!
Example: Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Japanese: mookeee · French : blizb
Parts of speech
Adjective to い · Suffix
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Close or Related Words
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English dictionary meanings
- painful
- difficult
- tough
- hard
- distressing
- (psychologically) difficult
- stressful
- awkward (e.g. position)
- straitened (circumstances)
- tight (financial situation)
- needy
- struggling
- strained (interpretation, explanation, etc.)
- lame (e.g. excuse)
- forced (e.g. smile)
- far-fetched
- hard to do
- unpleasant