苦しい | [くるしい, kurushii] (adj-i) (1) painful; difficult; agonizing; (2) (See 苦しい懐・くるしいふところ) needy; tight (budget); straitened (circumstances); (3) (See 苦しい言い訳・くるしいいいわけ) forced (smile, joke); lame (excuse); strained (interpretation); (4) awkward (situation); painful (position); (suf, adj-i) (5) (often ぐるしい) (See 寝苦しい・ねぐるしい, 聞き苦しい・ききぐるしい, 見苦しい・みぐるしい) (after masu stem) hard to do; unpleasant; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
苦しい懐 | [くるしいふところ, kurushiifutokoro] (n) tight budget [Add to Longdo] |
苦しい言い訳 | [くるしいいいわけ, kurushiiiiwake] (n) lame (poor) excuse [Add to Longdo] |
苦しい時の神頼み | [くるしいときのかみだのみ, kurushiitokinokamidanomi] (exp) danger past, God forgotten [Add to Longdo] |