苦しめる
くるしめる
Meanings
- Ichidan verb, Transitive to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to hurt
- to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict; to distress; to bother; to trouble; to stump; to baffle
Kanji
- 苦 suffer. Read as くるしめる.
Example sentences
- 巨大な連邦財政赤字がアメリカ経済を長年に渡って苦しめている。
A huge federal budget deficit has been plaguing the American economy for many years. - 何が君を苦しめているのだ？
What's worrying you? - 嘘をついたことが彼の良心を苦しめた。
His lie weighed on his conscience. - その問題は主任をひどく苦しめた。
The problem tortured the chief. - あなたの虚言が、私を苦しめるんです。
Your lies pain me.
Common phrases
Related forms
- 苦しむ (くるしむ) to suffer (intransitive partner)
Words containing 苦しめる
- 親を苦しめる (おやをくるしめる) to cause one's parents distress