N31497/1669

辛つらい

usually written using kana aloneい adjectiveadjective (generic)

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つらい

Meanings

  • painful, bitter, heart-breaking, difficult (emotionally)
  • tough, difficult, hard (usu. of situations)
  • cruel, harsh, cold

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Example sentences

辛つらいのはいつも別わかれだ。

Partings are always painful.

彼女かのじょとの別わかれがとても辛つらかった。

The breakup with her was very painful.

毎日まいにち残業ざんぎょうが続つづいて、本当ほんとうに辛つらい状況じょうきょうだ。

With overtime continuing every day, it's a truly difficult situation.

友達ともだちが辛つらそうにしているのを見みると、自分じぶんも胸むねが痛いたくなる。

When I see my friend looking like they're in pain, my own heart aches too.

どんなに辛つらくても、前まえを向むいて生いきていかなければならない。

No matter how hard it gets, one must keep facing forward and living on.

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床ゆか

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

実み

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

節ふし

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

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床ゆか

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

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実み

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

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節ふし

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

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文ぶん

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

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値ね

price, cost; value, worth, merit

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象ぞう

elephant (Elephantidae spp.)

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