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苦しい (くるしい): tough; physically strenuous — Japanese vocabulary

苦しい is read くるしい and means "tough; physically strenuous". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

苦しい

Reading
くるしい · kurushii
Translation
tough; physically strenuous
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
くるしいが

Example

苦しい、やめろ。

くるしい、やめろ。

It's so painful. Stop it!

Kanji in this word

  • 苦 — painful, bitter

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