Illustration: On a futon in a Japanese bedroom, an adult wakes with a severe calf cramp. One leg is rigid, both hands grip the tightened muscle, and the person's face contracts with squeezed eyes and clenched teeth. Their shoulders curl inward as they endure the sensation.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

苦く痛つう

kutsuu

pain, suffering

Example sentences

苦痛くつうで彼かれの顔かおが歪ゆがんでいる。
His face is distorted by pain.
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兵士へいしは苦痛くつうでうめいた。
The soldier groaned with pain.
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やっと苦痛くつうがなくなった。
After all that, the pain went away.
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Kanji in 苦痛

苦suffering; trialOnクKunくるしい・くるしむ・くるしめる
痛pain; hurtOnツウKunいたい・いたむ・いたましい

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