苦しみ (くるしみ, kurushimi) Japanese meaning: pain | Kotomoraは
長
い
間
、
心
の
苦
しみ
に
耐
え
て
き
た
。
He has endured mental anguish for a long time.
I want to escape the hardship of poverty.
Usage patterns
〈苦しみ〉に耐えるto endure suffering
He continued treatment while enduring the suffering of his illness.
〈苦しみ〉を味わうto experience/taste suffering
The war made many people experience great suffering.
〈苦しみ〉から逃れるto escape from suffering
She went on a trip to escape from that suffering.
〈苦しみ〉を乗り越えるto overcome suffering
They have overcome hardship together.
Expressions
生みの苦しみlabor pains; birth pangs · throes of creation; struggle to produce something new
