N31117/1669

苦くるしい

い adjectiveadjective (generic)suffix

くるしい

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

Learn in context

Example sentences

試験しけんの前夜ぜんやは緊張きんちょうして苦くるしかった。

The night before the exam was painful with nervousness.

借金しゃっきんが増ふえて、毎月まいつきの生活せいかつが苦くるしい。

With debt piling up, every month's finances are tight.

彼かれの言いい訳わけはあまりにも苦くるしくて、誰だれも信しんじなかった。

His excuse was so far-fetched that nobody believed him.

山やまの頂上ちょうじょうに近ちかづくにつれ、息いきが苦くるしくなってきた。

As we approached the mountaintop, breathing became difficult.

上司じょうしとの関係かんけいが悪化あっかし、職場しょくばにいることが苦くるしくてたまらない。

My relationship with my boss has deteriorated, and being at the workplace has become unbearably stressful.

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

Keep studying

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

sentence; composition, text, writings; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts), academia, literature; statement

price, cost; value, worth, merit

elephant (Elephantidae spp.)