I Love Kanji苦しむ (kurushimu)
苦しむ (くるしむ, kurushimu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to suffer; to groan”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- くるしむ
- Romaji
- kurushimu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to suffer; to groan; to be worried · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 苦しむ
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 苦しむ | くるしむ kurushimu |
| Polite (~masu) | 苦しみます | くるしみます kurushimimasu |
| Negative | 苦しまない | くるしまない kurushimanai |
| Polite negative | 苦しみません | くるしみません kurushimimasen |
| Past | 苦しんだ | くるしんだ kurushinda |
| Polite past | 苦しみました | くるしみました kurushimimashita |
| Negative past | 苦しまなかった | くるしまなかった kurushimanakatta |
| Te-form | 苦しんで | くるしんで kurushinde |
| Potential | 苦しめる | くるしめる kurushimeru |
| Passive | 苦しまれる | くるしまれる kurushimareru |
| Causative | 苦しませる | くるしませる kurushimaseru |
| Volitional | 苦しもう | くるしもう kurushimou |
| Imperative | 苦しめ | くるしめ kurushime |
| Conditional (~ba) | 苦しめば | くるしめば kurushimeba |
Kanji in 苦しむ
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 苦しむ.
苦いにがいbitter (taste)苦痛くつうpain苦労くろうtrouble苦手にがてpoor (at)苦しいくるしいpainful苦くpain苦情くじょうcomplaint苦心くしんpainsご苦労様ごくろうさまthank you (for your hard work)見苦しいみぐるしいunsightly無茶苦茶むちゃくちゃnonsensical
Source: JMdict entry 1244350 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.