苦心

くしん

pain, trouble, anxiety, diligence, hard work

苦心談

くしんだん

account of the hardships one has encountered

苦しい

くるしい

painful, difficult, agonizing

苦心惨憺

くしんさんたん

taking great pains

焦心苦慮

しょうしんくりょ

worrying oneself (about), being anxious (about), fidgeting (about)

苦い

にがい

bitter

見苦しい

みぐるしい

unsightly, ugly

苦々しい

にがにがしい

unpleasant, disgusting, loathsome, shameful, scandalous

暑苦しい

あつくるしい

sultry, sweltering

息苦しい

いきぐるしい いき ぐるしい いきくるしい

choking, oppressive, suffocating

重苦しい

おもくるしい

heavy, gloomy, awkward, cumbrous, oppressive, leaden

狭苦しい

せまくるしい

cramped

寝苦しい

ねぐるしい

unable to sleep well

苦しい懐

くるしいふところ

tight budget

堅苦しい

かたくるしい かたぐるしい

formal, strict, ceremonious, stiff

胸苦しい

むなぐるしい

(feeling of) tightness in the chest

苦しむ

くるしむ

to suffer, to groan, to be worried

苦しみ

くるしみ

pain, anguish, distress, suffering, hardship

苦しさ

くるしさ

pain, anguish, distress, suffering, hardship