Meanings
- painful
- difficult
- toughadj-i
- hard
- distressingadj-i
- (psychologically) difficult
- stressful
- awkward (e.g. position)
- straitened (circumstances)adj-i
- tight (financial situation)
- needy
- struggling
- strained (interpretation, explanation, etc.)adj-i
- lame (e.g. excuse)
- forced (e.g. smile)
- far-fetched
- hard to dosuf.adj-iafter -masu stem of verb; often ぐるしい
- unpleasant