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Conjugation of Japanese adjective 苦しい - painful - kurushii

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    苦しい

    Reading

    くるしい
    kurushii

    Meaning

    is painful

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    苦しくない

    Reading

    くるしくない
    kurushikunai

    Meaning

    is not painful

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    苦しいです

    Reading

    くるしいです
    kurushiidesu

    Meaning

    is painful

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    苦しくありません

    Reading

    くるしくありません
    kurushikuarimasen

    Meaning

    is not painful

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    苦しかった

    Reading

    くるしかった
    kurushikatta

    Meaning

    was painful

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    苦しくなかった

    Reading

    くるしくなかった
    kurushikunakatta

    Meaning

    was not painful

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    苦しかったです

    Reading

    くるしかったです
    kurushikattadesu

    Meaning

    was painful

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    苦しくありませんでした

    Reading

    くるしくありませんでした
    kurushikuarimasendeshita

    Meaning

    was not painful

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    苦しくて

    Reading

    くるしくて
    kurushikute

    Meaning

    is painful, and...

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    苦しくなくて

    Reading

    くるしくなくて
    kurushikunakute

    Meaning

    is not painful, and...

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    苦しいだろう

    Reading

    くるしいだろう
    kurushiidarou

    Meaning

    will probably be painful

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    苦しくないだろう

    Reading

    くるしくないだろう
    kurushikunaidarou

    Meaning

    probably won't be painful

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    苦しいでしょう

    Reading

    くるしいでしょう
    kurushiideshou

    Meaning

    will probably be painful

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    苦しくないでしょう

    Reading

    くるしくないでしょう
    kurushikunaideshou

    Meaning

    probably won't be painful

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    苦しく

    Reading

    くるしく
    kurushiku

    Meaning

    in a painful way

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    苦しければ

    Reading

    くるしければ
    kurushikereba

    Meaning

    if it is painful

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    苦しくなければ

    Reading

    くるしくなければ
    kurushikunakereba

    Meaning

    if it is not painful

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    苦しかったら

    Reading

    くるしかったら
    kurushikattara

    Meaning

    if it was painful

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    苦しくなかったら

    Reading

    くるしくなかったら
    kurushikunakattara

    Meaning

    if it was not painful

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    苦しさ

    Reading

    くるしさ
    kurushisa

    Meaning

    painful-ness (or the quality of being painful)

Word Detail

    word

    苦しい

    Meaning

    Painful

Kanji in this Adjective

  • kanji

    苦

    Meaning

    Suffer

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