Illustration: In a quiet Japanese apartment, a woman sits hunched on a sofa, enduring a severe headache. Her eyes are tightly closed, one hand presses against her temple, and the other grips the sofa cushion hard enough to crease it. An untouched meal has cooled on the low table.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

苦くるしみ

kurushimi

suffering, pain

Example sentences

  1. その仕事しごとは苦くるしみそのものだった。

    The task was total agony.

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  2. 彼女かのじょは苦くるしみのあまり叫さけび声ごえをあげた。

    She screamed in agony.

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  3. 私達わたしたちは他人たにんの苦くるしみに同情どうじょうするべきだ。

    We should feel for the pains of others.

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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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