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
Kanji used
spicy
Pitch accent
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Top 2000
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
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.