辛い
N3つらい tsurai
- painful
- heart-breaking
い-adjective
Chinese meanings
痛苦;难受
Examples
- 流産はとても辛い経験です。Miscarriage is a heart-breaking experience.流产是非常痛苦的经历。
- 寒い朝は起きるのが辛い。It is difficult to wake up on cold mornings.寒冷的早晨起床很难受。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('1213823fa2'); // 辛い
{
"id": "1213823fa2",
"word": "辛い",
"reading": "つらい",
"romaji": "tsurai",
"meanings": [
"painful",
"heart-breaking"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"adj-i"
],
"jmdict_id": 1365860,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "流産はとても辛い経験です。",
"furigana": "{流産|りゅうざん}はとても{辛|つら}い{経験|けいけん}です。",
"en": "Miscarriage is a heart-breaking experience.",
"tatoeba_id": 74243
},
{
"ja": "寒い朝は起きるのが辛い。",
"furigana": "{寒|さむ}い{朝|あさ}は{起|お}きるのが{辛|つら}い。",
"en": "It is difficult to wake up on cold mornings.",
"tatoeba_id": 184039
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "0847d61919190c415cf0fcebd8765d48e66d4e3d3c0f53808ee50a34afc98dc4",
"meanings": [
"痛苦",
"难受"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "流産はとても辛い経験です。",
"zh": "流产是非常痛苦的经历。"
},
{
"ja": "寒い朝は起きるのが辛い。",
"zh": "寒冷的早晨起床很难受。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/1213823fa2",
"JMdict ent_seq 1365860; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "7ac64b12b30f12cccfe2adbe3f6f7a66ccc87930558861c574fe81e0d57f94e5",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}