noun
pain and itching
Literal physical sensation of pain and itchiness.
虫刺されで痛痒を感じる。
I feel pain and itching from the insect bite.
noun
mental anguish; unhealthy emotions
Figurative use for emotional distress or troubled feelings. Often appears in the negative expression 痛痒を感じない (to be unaffected, to feel no compunction).
彼は批判されても痛痒を感じないようだ。
He seems to feel no mental anguish even when criticized.
多少の損失は会社にとって痛痒でもない。
A small loss is nothing to the company.
Compound of 痛 (pain) and 痒 (itch). The figurative sense likely developed from the idea that mental distress is like a persistent, irritating pain.