苦しい

くるしい

painful

N3 #5,834

Meanings

i-adjective 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
suffix, i-adjective, after -masu stem of verb; often ぐるしい hard to do; unpleasant

Its kanji

苦ク · くる.しい、-ぐる.しい、くる.しむ、くる.しめる、にが.い、にが.る suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl

In sentences

苦くるしい、やめろ。 It's so painful. Stop it! #179537

その村むらの生活せいかつは苦くるしかった。 They were badly off in the village. #208310

遠方えんぽうなので自転車じてんしゃでは苦くるしい。 It's hard to get to by bike because it's far away. #188655

彼あの家族かぞくはかなり生活せいかつが苦くるしい。 His family is rather badly off. #117939

彼かれは過去かこの苦くるしい生活せいかつを黙想もくそうした。 He meditated on his past life of suffering. #109174

人々ひとびとはガスでいきが苦くるしくなった。 People were choking on the gas. #144158