Components
おもくるしい is an exact match with one form of the following word:
重苦しい
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Reading : おもくるしい   
heavy; gloomy; awkward; cumbrous; oppressive; leaden
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 8 (among the 30,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 58,360 which gives a rank of 20,721
重苦しい is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 134,000 (about 732,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 42 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
おもくる
重苦
しく
いんび
隠微
はな
にお
びこう
鼻腔
のこ
っていた

The smell of the mysterious flowers lingered oppressively in my nasal cavities.
ことば
言葉
って
だげき
打撃
おもくるしく
のこ

Words may pass but blows fall heavy.
おもくるしい
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 251,000 (about 8,150 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 42 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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ジュウ   チョウ   おも heavy   かさなる to be piled up   かさねる to pile up   え -fold, -ply   
ク   くるしい painful   くるしむ to suffer   くるしめる to torment   にが bitter   にが to feel bitter   
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コ   ふる old   -ふる to grow old   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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grass   
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