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つらい is an exact match with one form of the following word:
辛い
BOOST
Reading : つらい   
1. painful; bitter; heart-breaking; difficult (emotionally)  (often written with kana only)
2. tough; difficult; hard (usu. of situations)  (see also: 辛い:づらい; often written with kana only)
3. cruel; harsh; cold  (often written with kana only)
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 6 (among the 15,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 76,297 which gives a rank of 9,886
辛い is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is used about 60% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 11,000 (about 61,300,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 2666 (see iKnow! collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
じぶん
自分
できそこないである
いた
まま
きていく
つら
こと
It's hard to live with the knowledge that you are a failure.
いっしょう
一生
いちばん
一番
つら
けいけん
経験
いえるでしょ
That might be the most painful experience in my life.
かれ
なま
もの
たい
して
てん
つら

He is very hard on lazy people.
つらい
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 18,000 (about 36,000,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 9402
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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シン   から spicy   
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
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