痛いたい

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 1,000

Meanings

1

i-adjective

painful; sore; hurt

Describes physical pain or soreness. Can be used for injuries, illness, or emotional hurt in a metaphorical sense.

転ころんで膝ひざが痛いたい。
I fell and my knee hurts.
昨日きのうの注ちゅう射しゃの跡あとがまだ痛いたい

。

The spot from yesterday's injection is still sore.

2

i-adjective

cringy; embarrassing; painful to watch

colloquial

Colloquial use describing someone's behavior or situation as so awkward or embarrassing that it's 'painful' to witness. Often used about try-hard or out-of-touch actions.

あの人ひとのダンス、痛いたくて見みていられない。
That person's dancing is so cringy I can't watch.
若わか者もの言こと葉ばを使つかおうとする上じょう司しが痛いたい。
My boss trying to use youth slang is embarrassing.

Written forms

痛いたいUsage95%
Standard kanji spelling for both physical pain and colloquial cringy/embarrassing uses.
いたいUsage4%
Kana spelling is common in casual writing, especially for the colloquial sense.
イタイUsage1%
search-only kana form
イタいUsage1%
search-only kana form
甚いたい
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; learners should recognize it but use 痛い in production.

Kanji

痛pain, hurt, damage
甚tremendously, very, great

Similar words

苦くるしい
苦しい refers to suffering, hardship, or difficulty (physical or mental), while 痛い focuses on localized pain or soreness.
恥はずかしい
恥ずかしい means 'embarrassed' from the subject's own perspective. 痛い (colloquial) describes an observer's secondhand embarrassment or cringe at someone else's behavior.

Etymology

From Old Japanese. The kanji 痛 is used for its meaning of 'pain'. The colloquial sense developed from the metaphor of something being so awkward it causes psychological pain.