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    3. 心苦しい

    心苦しい

    心こころ苦ぐるし​い​

    painful

    KMT10News #43+1AdjectiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab15 strokes

    こころぐるしい

    Adjective

    1.
    painful, being sorry, feeling sorry

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    助たすけを求もとめるのは心こころ苦ぐるしい。

    It feels painful to ask for help.

    KMT7Emotions & Psychology
    過か去この過あやまちを思おもい出だすと心ころ苦ぐるしくなる。

    It becomes painful when I remember past mistakes.

    KMT9Emotions & Psychology
    彼かれが苦くるしんでいるのを見みるのは心こころ苦ぐるしかった。

    It was painful to see him suffer.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychology
    せっかくのお申もうし出でをお断ことわりするのは心こころ苦ぐるしい限かぎりです。

    I feel truly sorry to have to decline your kind offer.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychology
    皆みなさんに迷めい惑わくをかけてしまい、心こころ苦ぐるしい気き持もちでいっぱいです。

    I feel full of sorrow for causing trouble to everyone.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    心
    こころ・-ごころ…(1)
    heart・mind・spirit・heart radical (no. 61)
    Kanji
    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
    い
    i
    Kana
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