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    3. 苦しむ

    苦しむ

    苦くるし​む​

    to suffer

    N3KMT10News #45+1CoreVerb, IntransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab12 strokes

    くるしむ

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to suffer, to groan, to be worried

    Stroke 0 / 12

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは病やま気いで苦きゅるしんでいます。

    He is suffering from an illness.

    KMT5Emotions & PsychologyMedicine & Health
    経けい済ざい的てきな問もん題だいで多おおくの人ひと々びとが苦くるしんでいる。

    Many people are suffering from economic problems.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyBusiness & FinancePolitics & Law
    孤こ独どくに苦くるしむ人ひと々びとへの支し援えんが必ひつ要ようです。

    Support is needed for people suffering from loneliness.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かれは過か去この失しっ敗ぱいに苦くるしみ、なかなか立たち直なをれないでいる。

    He is suffering from past failures and finds it difficult to recover.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    新あたらしいプロジェクトの締しめ切きりに間まに合あわせるため、彼かれは徹てつ夜やで苦くるしんだ。

    To meet the deadline for the new project, he struggled through an all-nighter.

    KMT10Work & CareerEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    苦
    くる.しい・-ぐる.しい・くる.しむ・くる.しめる・にが.い・にが.る…(1)
    suffering・trial・worry・hardship・feel bitter…(1)
    Kanji
    し
    shi
    Kana
    む
    mu
    Kana
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