苦さ

にがさ

bitterness, bitter taste

むさ苦しい

むさくるしい

filthy, squalid, dirty, foul, sordid

苦しい

くるしい

painful, difficult, agonizing

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

く

duhkha (suffering)

四苦八苦

しくはっく

the four and eight kinds of suffering

ご苦労さま

ごくろうさま

thank you very much for your..., I appreciate your efforts

ご苦労さん

ごくろうさん

I appreciate your efforts

見苦しい

みぐるしい

unsightly, ugly

苦しめる

くるしめる

to torment, to pain, to inflict (physical) pain, to hurt

苦々しい

にがにがしい

unpleasant, disgusting, loathsome, shameful, scandalous

心苦しい

こころぐるしい

painful, being sorry, feeling sorry

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

苦し紛れ

くるしまぎれ

in desperation

狭苦しい

せまくるしい

cramped

寝苦しい

ねぐるしい

unable to sleep well