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Meaning of 苦しむ in Japanese
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苦しむJLPT 3
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Kana Readingくるしむ
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Romajikurushimu
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `mu' ending, intransitive verb
- Meaning
- to suffer; to groan; to be worried
- Example sentence
- 地球側の圧政に苦しむコロニーの人々の中で、テロによる現状打破を目論む勢力が誕生。 Among the people of the colonies suffering under Earth's tyranny a force emerges intending to overthrow the status quo through terrorism.
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Examples of 苦しむ, くるしむ in a sentence
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地球側の圧政に苦しむコロニーの人々の中で、テロによる現状打破を目論む勢力が誕生。
Among the people of the colonies suffering under Earth's tyranny a force emerges intending to overthrow the status quo through terrorism.
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I'm suffering from chronic constipation.
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The wounded man writhed.
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Father was tormented by my silly question.
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Her husband's death has tried her severely.
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She is torn by jealousy.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 苦しむ
- Plain Polite
- 苦しみます
- Negative
- 苦しまない
- Negative Polite
- 苦しみません
Past
- Plain
- 苦しんだ
- Plain Polite
- 苦しみました
- Negative
- 苦しまなかった
- Negative Polite
- 苦しみませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 苦しんで
- Plain Polite
- 苦しみまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 苦しまれる
- Plain Polite
- 苦しまれます
- Negative
- 苦しまれない
- Negative Polite
- 苦しまれません
Kanji in this word
苦
JLPT 3
8 strokes
suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
On'Yomi: ク
Kun'Yomi: くる.しい, -ぐる.しい, くる.しむ, くる.しめる, にが.い, にが.る