JLPT N4 vocabulary
辛い: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
つらい0Heiban · flatalso 2
i-adjective
Meaning
- painful, bitter, heart-breaking, difficult (emotionally)
- tough, difficult, hard (usu. of situations)
- cruel, harsh, cold
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present普通形 | 辛い | 辛 |
| Plain past過去形 | 辛 | 辛 |
| Polite presentです形 | 辛い | 辛 |
| Polite pastでした形 | 辛 | 辛 |
| Te-formて形 | 辛 | 辛 |
| Modifying | ||
| Before a noun連体形 | 辛い | —not in common use |
| As an adverb連用形 | 辛 | —not in common use |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 辛 | 辛 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 辛 | 辛 |
Example sentences
辛い思いをしてまで彼と付き合うべきじゃない。
You shouldn't date him to the point of having painful feelings.
昨日までの疲労と相まって、風邪がいっそう辛く感じられる。
Along with the fatigue up to yesterday, the cold feels all the rougher.
彼氏は人の悪口を言ってばかりです。一緒にいてとても辛いので彼氏とは別れざるを得ない。
My boyfriend does nothing but badmouth people. Being with him is so painful that I have no choice but to break up with him.