Ryukyu (Okinawa)
(Sa-Adjective) Cramped, constricted, tight, small
Define くるしい kurushii Meaning クルシー
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JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database
Results from JLect’s Japonic Languages and Dialects Database, created by Zachary Read, © JLect.com.
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A dictionary of the Ryukyuan language
Results from the 沖縄語辞典 データ集 Okinawago jiten dēta-shū (Okinawan Language Dictionary Data Collection), published by the National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics, © CC BY 4.0.
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みぐるしい 【見苦しい】
See also
いきぐるしい 【息苦しい】
せまくるしい 【狭苦しい】
こころぐるしい 【心苦しい】
Japanese-Multilingual Dictionary (JMDict)
Results from the Japanese-Multilingual Electronic Dictionary project (JMdict), created by Jim Breen, © Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group.
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くるしい【苦しい】
(Common I-adjective)
- Painful; Difficult; Agonizing
- Needy; Tight (budget); Straitened (circumstances)
- Forced (smile, joke); Lame (excuse); Strained (interpretation)
- Awkward (situation); Painful (position)
- (After masu stem) hard to do; Unpleasant
かたくるしい・かたぐるしい【堅苦しい・固苦しい】
(I-adjective)
- Formal; Strict; Ceremonious; Stiff
おもくるしい【重苦しい】
(I-adjective)
- Heavy; Gloomy; Awkward; Cumbrous; Oppressive; Leaden
あいくるしい【愛くるしい】
(I-adjective)
- Lovely; Cute; Charming; Sweet
せまくるしい【狭苦しい】
(I-adjective)
- Cramped
あつくるしい【暑苦しい】
(I-adjective)
- Sultry; Sweltering
むさくるしい【むさ苦しい】
(I-adjective)
- Filthy; Squalid; Dirty; Foul; Sordid
— Word usually written using kana alone
むねがくるしい【胸が苦しい】
(Expression)
- Have a pain in one's chest
くるしいいいわけ【苦しい言い訳】
(Noun)
- Lame excuse; Poor excuse
くるしいふところ【苦しい懐】
(Noun)
- Tight budget
くるしいときのかみだのみ【苦しい時の神頼み・苦しいときの神頼み】
(Expression)
- Danger past, God forgotten