苦しい， くるしい
1. painful, difficult, tough, hard
2. distressing, (psychologically) difficult, stressful, awkward (e.g. position)
3. straitened (circumstances), tight (financial situation), needy, struggling
4. strained (interpretation, explanation, etc.), lame (e....
痛苦的，艰难的，艰苦的，艰难的；令人痛苦的，（心理上）困难的，压力大的，尴尬的（如处境）