くるしい

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of くるしい – see the following entry.

【苦しい】 [adjective] physically painful, agonizing [adjective] difficult, strenuous, mentally trying [adjective] mentally agonizing [adjective] tight (budget etc.), straitened [adjective] forced

(This term, くるしい (kurushī), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)