Illustration: In a small apartment living room, an adult lies curled on a sofa with a painful stomachache, knees drawn up and one hand pressed firmly against their abdomen. Their eyes are squeezed shut and their free hand grips the edge of a cushion.

JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

苦くるしむ

kurushimu

to suffer

Example sentences

  1. 人々ひとびとは貧困ひんこんに苦くるしんだ。

    People were ground down by poverty.

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  2. 胃痛いつうに苦くるしむ。

    I suffer from a stomach ache.

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  3. 彼かれは頭痛ずつうで苦くるしんでいる。

    He is suffering from a headache.

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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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