痛い
いたい
hepburn itai
painful, hurt
Part of speech · i-adjective
Pattern visualization
no decomposition available
Examples
- 頭が痛いです。My head hurts.
- 昨日からお腹が痛いです。My stomach has been hurting since yesterday.
Collocations
頭が痛い (headache)お腹が痛い (stomachache)痛くなる (start hurting)痛い目に遭う (have a hard time, idiom)痛み (itami, pain noun)
Mnemonic
痛い itai — i-adjective. Pattern: body part + が + 痛い. 頭が痛い (headache), 歯が痛い (toothache), お腹が痛い (stomachache). Noun form 痛み itami (pain). Idiom: 痛い目に遭う ("encounter painful eyes") = "have a hard time".
Quick check
"My back hurts" at the doctor — natural Japanese?