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苦しい くるしい N3

  1. difficult; hard; painful; tough
  2. (psychologically) difficult; awkward (e.g. position); distressing; stressful
  3. needy; straitened (circumstances); struggling; tight (financial situation)
  4. far-fetched; forced (e.g. smile); lame (e.g. excuse); strained (interpretation, explanation, etc.)
  5. hard to do; unpleasant

苦しい懐 くるしいふところ

  1. tight budget

苦しい時の神頼み くるしいときのかみだのみ

  1. danger past, God forgotten; man turns to God only in times of trouble; once on shore, we pray no more; there are no atheists in foxholes

苦しい言い訳 くるしいいいわけ

  1. lame excuse; poor excuse

見苦しい みぐるしい N1

  1. deplorable; disgraceful; indecent; shameful; ugly; unseemly; unsightly

重苦しい おもくるしい

  1. gloomy (weather, etc.); heavy (feeling, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained

寝苦しい ねぐるしい

  1. unable to sleep well

狭苦しい せまくるしい

  1. cramped

堅苦しい かたくるしい

  1. ceremonious; formal; stiff; strict

暑苦しい あつくるしい

  1. oppressively hot; stuffy; sultry; sweltering
  2. stuffy-looking; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.)
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