苦虫を噛み潰したよう | Japanese meaning

苦虫を噛み潰したよう【にがむしをかみつぶしたよう】

Frequency rank: 17,665. – 17,726.

expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.); adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

sour (expression); as if having swallowed a bitter bugidiomatic expressionsee also 苦虫

Forms

Frequency rank: 17,665. – 17,726.

expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.); adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

sour (expression); as if having swallowed a bitter bugidiomatic expressionsee also 苦虫

Forms

N33

意suffering; trial; worry; hardship; feel bitter; scowl

訓くる.しい、-ぐる.しい、くる.しむ、くる.しめる、にが.い、にが.る

音ク

N21

意insect; bug; temper

訓むし

音チュウ、キ

名む

意chew; bite; gnaw

訓か.む、か.じる

音コウ、ゴウ

常用

意crush; smash; break; dissipate

訓つぶ.す、つぶ.れる、つい.える

音カイ、エ

N33

意Esq.; way; manner; situation; polite suffix

訓さま、さん

音ヨウ、ショウ