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苦しい [ichi1,news1,nf18]
くるしい [ichi1,news1,nf18]
1. [adj-i]
▶ painful
▶ difficult
▶ tough
▶ hard
2. [adj-i]
▶ distressing
▶ (psychologically) difficult
▶ stressful
▶ awkward (e.g. position)
3. [adj-i]
▶ straitened (circumstances)
▶ tight (financial situation)
▶ needy
▶ struggling
4. [adj-i]
▶ strained (interpretation, explanation, etc.)
▶ lame (e.g. excuse)
▶ forced (e.g. smile)
▶ far-fetched
5. [suf,adj-i]
《after -masu stem of verb; often ぐるしい》
▶ hard to do
▶ unpleasant
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1360070 寝苦しい【ねぐるしい】 1. unable to sleep well
  ⇒ see: 1259500 見苦しい【みぐるしい】 1. unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful; shameful

Conjugations


History:
5. A 2019-10-09 06:01:25  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Aligning POS with やすい, etc.
  Diff:
@@ -45 +45 @@
-<pos>&aux-adj;</pos>
+<pos>&suf;</pos>
4. A 2018-02-15 11:30:40  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2018-02-14 14:01:05  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
gg5, prog, daij
  Comments:
I've moved up (old) sense 4. Almost all the refs have it as sense 2.
Don't need so many x-refs.
  Diff:
@@ -20 +20,2 @@
-<gloss>agonizing</gloss>
+<gloss>tough</gloss>
+<gloss>hard</gloss>
@@ -24,4 +25,4 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1872730">苦しい懐・くるしいふところ</xref>
-<gloss>needy</gloss>
-<gloss>tight (budget)</gloss>
-<gloss>straitened (circumstances)</gloss>
+<gloss>distressing</gloss>
+<gloss>(psychologically) difficult</gloss>
+<gloss>stressful</gloss>
+<gloss>awkward (e.g. position)</gloss>
@@ -31,4 +32,4 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1872720">苦しい言い訳・くるしいいいわけ</xref>
-<gloss>forced (smile, joke)</gloss>
-<gloss>lame (excuse)</gloss>
-<gloss>strained (interpretation)</gloss>
+<gloss>straitened (circumstances)</gloss>
+<gloss>tight (financial situation)</gloss>
+<gloss>needy</gloss>
+<gloss>struggling</gloss>
@@ -38,2 +39,4 @@
-<gloss>awkward (situation)</gloss>
-<gloss>painful (position)</gloss>
+<gloss>strained (interpretation, explanation, etc.)</gloss>
+<gloss>lame (e.g. excuse)</gloss>
+<gloss>forced (e.g. smile)</gloss>
+<gloss>far-fetched</gloss>
@@ -42 +45 @@
-<pos>&suf;</pos>
+<pos>&aux-adj;</pos>
@@ -45 +47,0 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1823380">聞き苦しい・ききぐるしい</xref>
@@ -48,2 +50,2 @@
-<s_inf>often ぐるしい</s_inf>
-<gloss>(after masu stem) hard to do</gloss>
+<s_inf>after -masu stem of verb; often ぐるしい</s_inf>
+<gloss>hard to do</gloss>
2. A 2011-10-16 00:15:24  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2011-10-14 20:22:18  Paul Upchurch
  Refs:
daijr daijs
http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?enc=UTF-8&p=苦しい&dtype=3&dname=2na&stype=0&pagenum=1&index=01233200
ルミナス
  Diff:
@@ -20,0 +20,30 @@
+<gloss>agonizing</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&adj-i;</pos>
+<xref type="see" seq="1872730">苦しい懐・くるしいふところ</xref>
+<gloss>needy</gloss>
+<gloss>tight (budget)</gloss>
+<gloss>straitened (circumstances)</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&adj-i;</pos>
+<xref type="see" seq="1872720">苦しい言い訳・くるしいいいわけ</xref>
+<gloss>forced (smile, joke)</gloss>
+<gloss>lame (excuse)</gloss>
+<gloss>strained (interpretation)</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&adj-i;</pos>
+<gloss>awkward (situation)</gloss>
+<gloss>painful (position)</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&suf;</pos>
+<pos>&adj-i;</pos>
+<xref type="see" seq="1360070">寝苦しい・ねぐるしい</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1823380">聞き苦しい・ききぐるしい</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1259500">見苦しい・みぐるしい</xref>
+<s_inf>often ぐるしい</s_inf>
+<gloss>(after masu stem) hard to do</gloss>
+<gloss>unpleasant</gloss>

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