苦しむ
N3くるしむ kurushimu
- to suffer
- to groan
- to be worried
godan verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
痛苦;受苦;烦恼
Examples
- 彼はどんなに苦しんだことだろう。How he has suffered!他不知受了多少苦。
- 彼はあれこれ疑って苦しんでいる。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"
}
}