胸苦しい

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
むな
Grade: 6
くる > ぐる
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology[edit]

Compound of +‎ 苦しい. The kurushi changes to gurushi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Tokyo) なぐるし [mùnágúrúshíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mɯ̟ᵝna̠ɡɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝɕiː]

Adjective[edit]

(むな)(ぐる)しい (munagurushii-i (adverbial (むな)(ぐる)しく (munagurushiku))

  1. tightness in the chest, feel oppressed in the chest

Inflection[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN