辛い
つらい
Meanings
- い-adjective painful; bitter; heart-breaking; difficult (emotionally)
- tough; difficult; hard (usu. of situations) See also: づらい.
- cruel; harsh; cold
Kanji
- 辛 painful. Read as つらい.
Example sentences
- 金が物言う、世知辛いこのご時世に、彼の生き方は一服の清涼剤だね。
In this harsh, petty world where money does the talking, his way of life is like a breath of fresh air. - 寒い朝は早く起きるのがつらい。
I find it hard to get up early on cold mornings. - 寒い朝は起きるのが辛い。
It is difficult to wake up on cold mornings. - 開拓者達は辛い生活をしたし、彼等の子供もそうだった。
Pioneer men and women had a hard life, and so did their children. - 我々はつらい目にあった。
We had a rough time.
Common phrases
- つらい思い
- つらい経験
- つらい気持ち
- つらい時期
- つらくあたる to treat badly
- 辛い日々
- 辛い過去
- つらい記憶
- 辛い唐辛子
- つらい体験
- 辛い現実
- 世知辛い (せちがらい) tough (world)
- 辛い思い出
- 辛い別れ
- 辛い目に会う (つらいめにあう) to have a hard time of it