苦い

Meanings

1. bitter (taste)
2. sour (expression, look); bitter; displeased; unpleasant
3. bitter (e.g. experience); painful; distressing; hard; trying

Part of speech: i-adjective

Kanji

• 苦

  Meanings

  suffering, trial, worry, hardship

  On reading

  ク

  Kun reading

  くる.しい、-ぐる.しい、くる.しむ、くる.しめる、にが.い、にが.る

  Strokes

  8

Example sentences

• 私は苦いものが好きだ。

  I have a fancy for bitter things.

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• このビールは苦い。

  This beer tastes bitter.

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• このコーヒーは苦い味がする。

  This coffee tastes bitter.

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