Japanese DictionaryWords related to くるし
- (adj-i) cramped
こんな狭苦しい部屋からは一刻も脱出したいよ。
I want to move out of this cramped room as soon as I can.
- (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. - needy; tight (budget); straitened (circumstances) →Related words: 苦しい懐
- forced (smile, joke); lame (excuse); strained (interpretation) →Related words: 苦しい言い訳
- awkward (situation); painful (position)
- (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
- (exp) danger past, God forgotten
- (n) pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
私達は他人の苦しみに同情するべきだ。
We should feel for the pains of others.
- (adj-i) formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
堅苦しいことはぬきにしましょう。
Let's dispense with formalities.
- (adj-i) heavy; gloomy; awkward; cumbrous; oppressive; leaden
言葉は消え去っても、打撃はおもくるしく残る。
Words may pass but blows fall heavy.
