Keyword
pain
Info
FrequencyTop 300-400
Type
Kyōiku (6th grade) 
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KankenLevel 5
Heisig1825
Readings
いた
(75%)
つう
(24%)
Composed of
sickness
old bell
Mnemonic

When the old bell tolls sickness envelopes the land, bringing great pain to all.

(It's an ancient magic bell spreading disease.)

Used in vocabulary (218 in total)
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
pain; ache; -algia
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
pitiful; pathetic; painful (to look at)
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
feeling keenly; fully realizing
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
painful experience
serious wound; hard blow
grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive
muscular pain; myalgia; aching muscles; sore muscles
to worry (about); to be worried (about); to be troubled (by); to be pained (by); to be distressed (by)
sense of pain
stomach ache; abdominal pain
severe; bitter; scathing
exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable
being painfully true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain
severe; hard
one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
to be greatly obliged; to be very sorry
deep regret; great sorrow; bitter grief
keen; acute; heartfelt
to worry oneself (about)
heartache; ache in one's heart; emotional pain
lower back pain; lumbago
headache inducing; vexing
worry; mental agony; heartache
to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain
ouch; ow
analgesic; painkiller; sedative; tranquilizer (tranquiliser); anodyne
pain and itching; mental anguish; unhealthy emotions
of no concern at all; I couldn't care less; no skin off my nose
labour pains; labor pains; birth pains; contractions
match declared drawn due to injury; ending with both sides suffering damage (of a dispute, etc.)
mental anguish; mental distress
throbbing pain
stomach-ache; stomach pain; gastralgia
to be concerned about
cause for headaches; pain in the neck; source of worry
hard blow; crushing blow; severe attack
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
anguish; (great) pain
of no concern at all; I couldn't care less; no skin off my nose
back pain; backache
thinking so highly of someone that you are blind to their faults; thinking the sun shines out of someone's eyes; being the apple of one's eye; loving someone dearly
extremely; exceedingly; deeply; painfully
to make (a person) pay for (something)
pain relief; killing pain
severe attack; hard blow
being painfully true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark)
menstrual pain; period pain
ouch; ow; that hurt
one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve
arthralgia; joint pain
to give birth to; to have a stomachache
toothache
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
delicate situation; choice of two evils; mixed blessing
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
abuse; invective; denunciation; sharp criticism
heavy drinking
painful but pleasant (of a massage, stretching, etc.)
to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain
to make (a person) pay for (something)
to neither itch nor feel pain; to not be affected by something; to not feel the effects of something
critical hit; enemy attack dealing heavy damage; devastating blow; crippling strike; crushing damage
painfully itchy; painful and itchy
thinking the sun shines out of someone's eyes; being the apple of one's eye
obstetric analgesia during labor and delivery (e.g. epidural); painless childbirth
to make a dent in one's purse; to have to pay out of one's own pocket
to make (a person) pay for (something)
deep lamentation; bitter grief; deep regret
to be greatly obliged; to be very sorry
to prickle; to tingle
analgesia; insensitivity to pain
to prickle; to tingle
colic; celialgia; enteralgia; gripes
car painted with anime characters
of no concern at all; I couldn't care less; no skin off my nose
there, there; kiss it better; (lit.) pain, pain, fly away
lamentation
facial neuralgia; neuralgia facialis vera; trigeminal neuralgia; tic douloureux
deep regret
strong indignation
painfully itchy; painful and itchy
to pay out of one's own pocket
obstetric analgesia during labor and delivery (e.g. epidural); painless childbirth
heartache; worry
oppressive pain; tenderness; pressure pain
ice-cream headache; brain freeze; cold-stimulus headache
to torment; to harass; to tease; to extort; to shake down; to demand money
delicate situation; choice of two evils; mixed blessing
earache; aural pain; ear pain; otalgia; otodynia
painful but pleasant (of a massage, stretching, etc.)
very thrilling; extremely delightful; awfully pleasant; intensely satisfying
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
vehement argument; severe criticism
bicycle decorated with anime characters
menstrual pain; menstrual cramps; algomenorrhea
pitiful; pathetic; painful (to look at)
labor room; labour room
dyspareunia; painful intercourse
cutting remark; biting (scathing, bitter) criticism; harsh words
severe attack; bitter (harsh) criticism; stick used to strike inattentive Zen meditators
throbbing pain
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
myalgia; muscular pain
algogenic substance; pain-producing substance
sciatica; sciatic neuralgia; ischiodynia; ischias
backache; back pain
of no concern at all; I couldn't care less; no skin off my nose
grieving; mourning; being very sad
sore throat; pharyngitis; pharyngalgia; pharyngodynia
deep lamentation; bitter grief; deep regret
severe criticism; scathing criticism
lower abdominal pain; hypogastric pain
match declared drawn due to injury; ending with both sides suffering damage (of a dispute, etc.)
painful but pleasant (of a massage, stretching, etc.)
to hurt; to ache
sciatica; sciatic neuralgia; ischiodynia; ischias
contrition; extreme regret; contrition (in Catholicism)
trigeminal neuralgia; tic douloureux
miserable commute (caused by overcrowded trains)
motorcycle decorated with anime characters
torture (in the Edo-period)
pain and itching; mental anguish; unhealthy emotions
hypotonic contractions (during labor (labour)); uterine inertia; weak labor; weak labour; slow labor; slow labour
colic; celialgia; enteralgia; gripes
burning mouth syndrome; glossodynia; BMS
Braxton-Hicks contractions; practice contractions; false labor pains
itai-itai disease; mass cadmium poisoning in Toyama Prefecture starting in the 1910s caused by industrial waste
painful but pleasant (of a massage, stretching, etc.)
nails adorned with images of anime characters
prosopalgia; facial pain
match declared drawn due to injury; ending with both sides suffering damage (of a dispute, etc.)
chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)
labor pains; labour pains
condolence; mourning; sorrow; lamentation
to complain of pain; to show signs of physical distress
very thrilling; extremely delightful; awfully pleasant; intensely satisfying
walk a mile in other's shoes to understand their suffering; you can't appreciate others' suffering until you've gone through it yourself; (lit.) pinch yourself and know others' pain
walk a mile in other's shoes to understand their suffering; you can't appreciate others' suffering until you've gone through it yourself; (lit.) pinch yourself and know others' pain
delivery with little pain (i.e. through the use of pain-reducing drugs excluding epidurals)
delayed onset muscle soreness; DOMS
pancreatic pain; pancreatalgia
phantom tooth pain
muscle-contraction headache; tension headache
motorcycle decorated with anime characters
train decorated with anime characters
taxi decorated with anime characters
handbag decorated with anime characters (esp. with badges)
handbag decorated with anime characters (esp. with badges)
train decorated with anime characters
terrible worry; extreme anxiety
terrible worry; extreme anxiety
heavy bombing
excessively strong labor pain
afterpains (after childbirth); involution
maternity taxi; taxi service for pregnant women in labor
headache medicine; headache pill
analgesic; painkiller; sedative; tranquilizer (tranquiliser); anodyne
dyspareunia; painful intercourse
International Association for the Study of Pain; IASP
National Headache Foundation
American Pain Society; APS
Examples (200 in total)
It might hurt a little.
It's just a little painful, you know?
How is it, does it not hurt anymore?