- くるしい
- (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)[edict]