苦い

にがい

bitter

良薬は口に苦し

りょうやくはくちににがし

good medicine tastes bitter, the most helpful advice may be difficult to listen to

苦笑い

にがわらい

bitter smile, wry smile, forced smile, strained laugh

苦しい

くるしい

painful, difficult, agonizing

ホロ苦い

ホロにがい ほろにがい

bittersweet, slightly bitter, something that has a strong taste that adults favor

苦

く

duhkha (suffering)

四苦八苦

しくはっく

the four and eight kinds of suffering

薬食い

くすりぐい

winter-time practice of eating meat of animals such as boar and deer to ward off cold

買い薬

かいぐすり

over-the-counter drug, medication bought directly from the drugstore without a prescription

合い薬

あいぐすり

specific remedy

薬

くすり やく

medicine; pharmaceuticals; (legal) drugs

苦しい懐

くるしいふところ

tight budget

苦い経験

にがいけいけん

bitter experience

胸苦しい

むなぐるしい

(feeling of) tightness in the chest

苦っぽい

bitterish; bitter

見苦しい

みぐるしい

unsightly, ugly

ほろ苦い

slightly bitter (taste)

重苦しい

おもくるしい

heavy, gloomy, awkward, cumbrous, oppressive, leaden

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