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Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental. / Afflicted or suffering with pain (of a body part or, formerly, of a person). / Requiring effort or labor; difficult, laborious.

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painful

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈpeɪn.fəl/

Adjective

archaic informal

Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental. / Afflicted or suffering with pain (of a body part or, formerly, of a person). / Requiring effort or labor; difficult, laborious.

Japanese Meaning

肉体的または精神的な痛みや苦しみを引き起こす / 痛みを伴っている、または苦しんでいる状態（かつては人や身体の一部に対して用いられた） / 努力や労力を必要とする、困難で骨の折れる

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The breakup was painful, but it taught her how to value herself.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

別れは痛みを伴ったが、それは自分を大切にすることを教えてくれた。

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Sense（1）

Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental.

Sense（2）

Afflicted or suffering with pain (of a body part or, formerly, of a person).

Sense（3）

Requiring effort or labor; difficult, laborious.

Sense（4）

(now rare) Painstaking; careful; industrious.

The men bestow their times in fishing, hunting, warres, and such manlike exercises, scorning to be seene in any woman-like exercise, which is the cause that the women be very painefull, and the men often idle.

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