Meaning
苦しい (くるしい, kurushii) is a JLPT N3 adjective meaning “painful,difficult”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 12
食べ過ぎておなかが苦しい。
I have eaten too much and my stomach hurts.
苦しい、やめろ。
It's so painful. Stop it!
良薬は口に苦し。
A good medicine tastes bitter.
彼の服装は見苦しい
His clothes are unsightly.
彼は様子が固苦しい
He has a stiff manner―a starchy manner.
あれは固苦しい人だ
He is a strait-laced person―a square-toed man―a precisian.
苦しいときの神頼み。
Danger past, God forgotten.
この部屋は狭苦しい。
This room is cramped.
胸が圧迫されて苦しい
My chest is tight and painful.
古武士のように固苦しい
He is as punctilious as an old-time samurai.
今月ちょっと苦しいんだ。
I'm a bit short on money this month.
その村の生活は苦しかった。
They were badly off in the village.