Word details

心苦しい

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 心苦しい.

Dictionary

Entry

心苦しいころぐるし~い Adj.Freq #9948
1

painful; being sorry; feeling sorry

Examples
君と意見を異にするので私には心苦しい
It pains me to disagree with your opinion.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)

4 strokesFrequency 157JLPT N3Grade 2

On

シン

Kun

こころ-ごころ

suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl

8 strokesFrequency 623JLPT N2Grade 3

On

Kun

くる.しい-ぐる.しいくる.しむくる.しめるにが.いにが.る

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