- godan verb, intransitive to suffer; to groan; to be worried
苦しむ
くるしむ
to suffer
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彼は頭痛で苦しんでいる。 He is suffering from a headache. #101685
生きることは苦しむこと。 To live is to suffer. #142838
彼女は痛みに苦しんでいた。 She was racked with pain. #90373
その家族は病気で苦しんでいる。 The family has been cursed with poor health. #212028
君のやることには判断に苦しむよ。 I don't know what to make of your actions. #178490
良心が彼を苦しめた。 His conscience stung him. #77820
人々は貧困に苦しんだ。 People were ground down by poverty. #144063
国民は重税に苦しんだ。 The people groaned under the burden of heavy taxation. #173024