Vocabulary

辛い

painful; bitter; heart-breaking; difficult (emotionally)

i-adjective
N3 freq #900

Example sentences

He seems to have had a hard life in his youth.

He lived a hard life.

Many painful memories inhabited her mind.

We had many bitter experiences during the war.

I had to stand a trying situation.

I am very tired from the hard work.

My shoes hurt. I'm in agony.

I find it hard to get up early on cold mornings.