苦しめる

くるしめる

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

苦汁をなめる

くじゅうをなめる

to have a bitter experience

苦杯をなめる

くはいをなめる

to drink a bitter cup; to have a bitter experience; to suffer a defeat

親交を深める

しんこうをふかめる

to develop a relationship; to build intimacy; to deepen a friendship; to get acquainted

苦界に身を沈める

くがいにみをしずめる

to become a prostitute (sink into a brothel)

責め苦

せめく

torture, pains (of hell)

親決め

おやきめ

deciding the dealer

苦る

にがる

to feel bitter, to scowl

苦しがる

くるしがる

to suffer, to complain of a pain

苦労をかける

くろうをかける

to cause someone trouble; to burden someone

苦言を呈する

くげんをていする

to give candid advice; to give harsh but honest advice; to admonish

苦杯を喫する

くはいをきっする

to drink a bitter cup; to have a bitter experience; to suffer a defeat

親元を離れる

おやもとをはなれる

to leave one's home (behind one), to leave one's parental roof, to leave the nest, to be out on one's own

顔をしかめる

かおをしかめる

to grimace, to frown

苦心を買われる

くしんをかわれる

to have one's labor appreciated (labour)

苦痛を和らげる

くつうをやわらげる

to relieve a person's pain

苦楽を共にする

くらくをともにする

to share (life's) joys and sorrows (with); to share the good and the bad (with); to stick together through thick and thin

苦しむ

くるしむ

to suffer, to groan, to be worried

苦しい

くるしい

painful, difficult, agonizing