苦しい
くるしい
- painful; difficult; tough; hard adj-i
- distressing; (psychologically) difficult; stressful; awkward (e.g. position) adj-i
- straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation); needy; struggling adj-i
- strained (interpretation, explanation, etc.); lame (e.g. excuse); forced (e.g. smile); far-fetched adj-i
- hard to do; unpleasant suf adj-i