くつう
Meanings
Adjective (な)
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. pain; agony; bitterness
Pitch accent
つう
Composed of
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
pain; ache; -algia
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
to relieve a person's pain
Examples (14 in total)
The pain finally went away.
I cannot bear the pain any more.
The treatment prolonged the agony.
It's painful to keep sitting for hours.
His face is distorted by pain.
It was hard to work without breakfast.
The man groaned in pain.
They experienced emotional pain and despair.
His son's criminal activities caused him great pain.
Of course, I do not want to die. But to be alive is painful as well.
He lay in agony until the doctor arrived.
Can we find joy in spite of suffering and death?
Medical innovations are the best way to relieve us from sufferings.
Going back to South Africa had stirred up some painful memories for him.