くるしい

苦しい

表記・読み：くるしい

1. 1

   painful; difficult; tough; hard

   い形容詞
2. 2

   distressing; (psychologically) difficult; stressful; awkward (e.g. position)

   い形容詞
3. 3

   straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation); needy; struggling

   い形容詞
4. 4

   strained (interpretation, explanation, etc.); lame (e.g. excuse); forced (e.g. smile); far-fetched

   い形容詞
5. 5

   hard to do; unpleasant

   接尾語い形容詞after -masu stem of verb; often ぐるしい