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.
苦しいときの 神頼み。
Danger past, God forgotten.
彼の 服装は 見苦しい
His clothes are unsightly.
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.
今月ちょっと 苦しいんだ。
This month was kind of difficult.
その 村の 生活は 苦しかった。
They were badly off in the village.
遠方なので 自転車では 苦しい。
Because it is distant, it is painful by bicycle.
彼は 苦しい 修行に 耐えている
He is enduring difficult training.
人々はガスでいきが 苦しくなった。
People were choked with the gas.