Definition of 苦しい (くるしい)

くる

苦しい

くるしい

kurushii

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, adjective
5.
hard to do, unpleasant(after -masu stem of verb; often ぐるしい)
Related Kanji
suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
Conjugations
adjective
Plain
Polite
Negative
Negative (Polite)
Present Indicative - Non-past, present and future tense
苦しい
くるしい
kurushii
苦しいです
くるしいです
kurushiidesu
苦しくない
くるしくない
kurushikunai
苦しくありません
くるしくありません
kurushikuarimasen

苦しくないです
くるしくないです
kurushikunaidesu
Past Indicative - Perfective, past-tense
苦しかった
くるしかった
kurushikatta
苦しかったです
くるしかったです
kurushikattadesu
苦しくなかった
くるしくなかった
kurushikunakatta
苦しくありませんでした
くるしくありませんでした
kurushikuarimasendeshita

苦しくなかったです
くるしくなかったです
kurushikunakattadesu
Volitional - We will.., We intend to.., Lets..
苦しかろう
くるしかろう
kurushikarou
Presumptive - Probably.. Maybe..
苦しいだろう
くるしいだろう
kurushiidarou
te-form
苦しくて
くるしくて
kurushikute
Adverb
苦しく
くるしく
kurushiku
Provisional - Hypothetical conditional, If (hypothetical)..
苦しければ
くるしければ
kurushikereba
苦しくなければ
くるしくなければ
kurushikunakereba
Please note: These conjugation tables are auto-generated, and some forms may not be relevant or in normal usage for this word. If you find any errors please send feedback.
Example sentences(showing 1-20 of 21 results)

It's so painful. Stop it

She could scarcely gasp the words

じんせい
人生
たの
楽しい
ひと
くる
苦しい
ひと
To some life is pleasure, to others suffering

かれ
彼の
ぞく
家族
せいかつ
生活
くる
苦しい
His family is rather badly off

むら
せいかつ
生活
They were badly off in the village

Being able to smile while in great distress is not duck soup for a passionate individual

They had to endure a hard life

It's hard for me to live on my small income

People were choked with the gas

If you can't take it, give up and do what I, your older sister, asked of you

おど
踊り子
ゆう
優雅さ
けんめい
懸命な
れんしゅ
練習
あせ
くる
苦し
Their grace comes from hard work, sweat, and pain

くる
苦しい
かみだの
神頼み
Danger past, God forgotten

Thousands of Americans have a hard time keeping the wolf from the door

Nothing is as terrible as losing someone you love in the world

In hard times like this, no ordinary effort can get our company out of the red

It is generally accepted that a person cannot be successful in life without a lot of hard work

かれ
過去
くる
苦しい
せいかつ
生活
もくそう
黙想
He meditated on his past life of suffering

えんぽう
遠方
てんしゃ
自転車
くる
苦しい
It's hard to get to by bike because it's far away

Death is preferable to such suffering

わた
ほん
日本
たいざい
滞在した
すうげつ
数ヶ月
いだ
その間
つぎつぎ
次から次へと
くる
苦しい
I stayed in Japan only a few months, during which time I went through a series of hardships
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