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苦くるしむ

N3
くるしむ kurushimu
  1. to suffer
  2. to groan
  3. to be worried
godan verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

痛苦;受苦;烦恼

Examples

  • 彼かれはどんなに苦くるしんだことだろう。
    How he has suffered!
    他不知受了多少苦。
  • 彼かれはあれこれ疑うたがって苦くるしんでいる。
    He is torn by doubts.
    他疑虑重重,十分苦恼。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('db6bc1eecf'); // 苦しむ
{
  "id": "db6bc1eecf",
  "word": "苦しむ",
  "reading": "くるしむ",
  "romaji": "kurushimu",
  "meanings": [
    "to suffer",
    "to groan",
    "to be worried"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "v5m",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1244350,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼はどんなに苦しんだことだろう。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}はどんなに{苦|くる}しんだことだろう。",
      "en": "How he has suffered!",
      "tatoeba_id": 111460
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼はあれこれ疑って苦しんでいる。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}はあれこれ{疑|うたが}って{苦|くる}しんでいる。",
      "en": "He is torn by doubts.",
      "tatoeba_id": 114753
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "7a9932ef9e930b765199fa5a0580f1feb31fd754ea8e9eb1320ec0dad1854f8c",
    "meanings": [
      "痛苦",
      "受苦",
      "烦恼"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼はどんなに苦しんだことだろう。",
        "zh": "他不知受了多少苦。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼はあれこれ疑って苦しんでいる。",
        "zh": "他疑虑重重,十分苦恼。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/db6bc1eecf",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1244350; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "7446b8ccae1c999e4ad500a05172a667c32c10ae295ef4dfb60eef4bdd52a376"
  }
}