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辛つらい
Meanings
Adjective (い)
Usually written in kana
1. painful; bitter; heart-breaking; difficult (emotionally)
I don't understand why I am in pain or why I am sad.
2. tough; difficult; hard (usu. of situations)
It's a tough position, you know.
3. cruel; harsh; cold
Alt. forms
辛つらい
62%
つらい
35%
ツラい
1%
Kanji used
辛
spicy
Pitch accent
つ
らい
つ
ら
い
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Used in: 3733
Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
to have a hard time of it
to have a hard time of it
to have a hard time of it
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Examples (23 in total)
It's hard when the food tastes bad, isn't it?
It's not all that spicy, so it's easy to eat.
It is difficult to wake up on cold mornings.
Has something painful happened to you?
This curry is very hot.
"Do you like spicy food?" "I love it."
If it is painful for you to sit up, shall I feed you?
It must be hard, but bear it patiently and get some sleep.
I know I'm pressing you to make a hard choice.
That might be the most painful experience in my life.
It was painful to be blamed one-sidedly when it was just the two of us.
Losing that precious voice must have been extremely painful.
No matter how painful it is, no matter how tough it is, I will absolutely not lose!
The first four days of Ramadan were super tough.
He led a hard life after that.
I never thought that giving a single order would be so painful.
When I am in pain, they stay close to me without saying a word.
"What's chorizo?" "It's a type of meat. It's like a spicy sausage."
The way she presses her hand to her chest, as if in pain, is painful to watch.
Perhaps my body has become insensitive, for I do not find the pain particularly unbearable.
There's nothing more painful than losing one's loved child.
He looks as if he is having a bad dream, with his brows furrowed and a pained expression.
Pioneer men and women had a hard life, and so did their children.