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緊迫した [きんぱくした]
/(adj-f) strained/tense/
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苦しい [くるしい]
/(adj-i) (1) painful/difficult/agonizing/(2) needy/tight (budget)/straitened (circumstances)/(3) forced (smile, joke)/lame (excuse)/strained (interpretation)/(4) awkward (situation)/painful (position)/(suf,adj-i) (5) (after masu stem) hard to do/unpleasant/(P)/
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牽強付会 [けんきょうふかい]
/(n,adj-no) farfetched (argument, opinion)/forced (sense, view)/strained (interpretation)/distorted/
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不自然 [ふしぜん]
/(adj-na,n) unnatural/artificial/affected/strained/(P)/ |