苦くるしい

くるしい kurushii

painful
difficult

い-adjective

Chinese meanings

痛苦；艰难

Examples

Furigana

苦くるしい、やめろ。
It's so painful. Stop it!
好难受，住手。
Tatoeba #179537
彼の家族はかなり生活が苦しい。
His family is rather badly off.
他的家庭生活相当拮据。
Tatoeba #117939

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('823d4cdf65'); // 苦しい

{
  "id": "823d4cdf65",
  "word": "苦しい",
  "reading": "くるしい",
  "romaji": "kurushii",
  "meanings": [
    "painful",
    "difficult"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "adj-i"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1244320,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "苦しい、やめろ。",
      "furigana": "{苦|くる}しい、やめろ。",
      "en": "It's so painful. Stop it!",
      "tatoeba_id": 179537
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼の家族はかなり生活が苦しい。",
      "en": "His family is rather badly off.",
      "tatoeba_id": 117939
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "933efd43c3b6efcd97523b6995388a55e37039500f41226592e9caeca1be3aec",
    "meanings": [
      "痛苦",
      "艰难"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "苦しい、やめろ。",
        "zh": "好难受，住手。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼の家族はかなり生活が苦しい。",
        "zh": "他的家庭生活相当拮据。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/823d4cdf65",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1244320; 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": "09566b79f49e40abe9447cb218734d47b908d8c8a4b48e09c72d3eb62ead286b"
  }
}