Illustration: On a riverside running path, a recreational runner has stopped beside a low railing, bent forward with both hands braced on their thighs. Their mouth hangs open as they struggle to catch their breath, with tense eyebrows and sweat at the temples.

JLPT N3i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

苦くるしい

kurushii

painful, difficult

Example sentences

苦くるしい、やめろ。
It’s so painful. Stop it!
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人々ひとびとはガスでいきが苦くるしくなった。
People were choking on the gas.
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わずかな収入しゅうにゅうで暮くらしていくのは苦くるしい。
It’s hard for me to live on my small income.
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Kanji in 苦

苦suffering; trialOnクKunくるしい・くるしむ・くるしめる

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