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痛い — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ache verb To feel a dull, ongoing pain rather than a sharp, sudden one.
  • cringeworthy adj That causes or may cause one to cringe with disgust, embarrassment (often vicarious embarrassment), etc.; awkward, disgusting, embarrassing.
  • hurt verb To cause physical pain or injury.
  • ouch intj Used to express sudden physical pain.
  • painful adj Causing physical or emotional pain.
  • sore adj Painful or tender, especially to the touch.

Senses

痛い is used for these senses in English:

  • ache (intransitive, stative) To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
  • cringeworthy (colloquial) That causes one to cringe with embarrassment; embarrassing.
  • hurt (intransitive, stative) To be painful.
  • ouch An expression of one's own physical pain.
  • painful Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental. [from 14th c.]
  • painful Afflicted or suffering with pain (of a body part or, formerly, of a person). [from 15th c.]
  • sore Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.

ache — full definition

  1. verb To feel a dull, ongoing pain rather than a sharp, sudden one.
  2. verb To feel emotional pain or a strong longing for something.
  3. noun A steady, dull pain, or a deep emotional hurt.

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