つらい

kana: つらい
rome: turai

つらい - English Dictionary

[ adjective ]
■ extremely irritating to the nerves
e.g.)
・nerve-racking noise
・the stressful days before a war
・a trying day at the office
nerve-racking , nerve-wracking , stressful , trying

[ adjective ]
■ marked by strong resentment or cynicism
e.g.)
・an acrimonious dispute
・bitter about the divorce
acrimonious , bitter

[ adjective ]
■ hard to endure
e.g.)
・fell upon trying times
trying

[ adjective ]
■ characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
■ especially physical effort
e.g.)
・worked their arduous way up the mining valley
・a grueling campaign
・hard labor
・heavy work
・heavy going
・spent many laborious hours on the project
・set a punishing pace
arduous , backbreaking , grueling , gruelling , hard , heavy , laborious , operose , punishing , toilsome

[ adjective ]
■ unfortunate or hard to bear
e.g.)
・had hard luck
・a tough break
hard , tough

[ adjective ]
■ expressive of severe grief or regret
e.g.)
・shed bitter tears
bitter

[ adjective ]
■ causing physical or psychological pain
e.g.)
・worked with painful slowness
painful

[ adjective ]
■ causing misery or pain or distress
e.g.)
・it was a sore trial to him
・the painful process of growing up
afflictive , painful , sore

[ adjective ]
■ very difficult to accept or bear
e.g.)
・the bitter truth
・a bitter sorrow
bitter

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