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The Japanese word

苦しい

is pronounced
kurushii | くるしい
means
painful, difficult
Examples:
苦しい、やめろ。
kurushī, yamero.
It's so painful. Stop it!
今月ちょっと苦しいんだ。
kongetsu chotto kurushīn da.
This month was kind of difficult.
Examples sourced from tatoeba.org