Meaning of 苦しい in Japanese
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Definition of 苦しい
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(adj-i) painful; difficult; agonizing
彼の家族はかなり生活が苦しい。
His family is rather badly off.
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needy; tight (budget); straitened (circumstances)
→Related words:
苦しい懐
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forced (smile, joke); lame (excuse); strained (interpretation)
→Related words:
苦しい言い訳
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awkward (situation); painful (position)
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(suf, adj-i) (after masu stem) hard to do; unpleasant
→Related words:
寝苦しい
, 聞き苦しい
, 見苦しい