痛み・傷み|いたみitami[3]odaka (tail-high)

1. nounpain; ache; soreness; grief; distressesp. 痛み
   ここにしつこい痛いたみがあります。↗

   I have a persistent pain here.
2. noundamage; injury; wear; bruise; breakesp. 傷み
   モモの皮かわは傷いたみやすい。↗

   The skin of peaches bruises easily.

• Synonym苦痛くつうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Refers to suffering of both body and mind, heavier in degree; 「痛み」 is the concrete pain itself, bodily or a heartache.
• Synonym苦しみくるしみNeutralNeutral. Suffering of body and mind, leaning toward anguish and torment; 「痛み」 is the pain itself.
• Synonym痛苦つうくWrittenWritten/formal prose and rare. Suffering of body and mind; in everyday speech say 「苦痛」 or 「痛み」.
• Synonym疼痛とうつうWrittenA medical term for pain, as in 「疼痛緩和」; in daily life say 「痛み」.
• Related苦悩くのうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Specifically mental anguish and inner struggle; 「痛み」 is mostly physical pain.
• Related悩みなやみNeutralNeutral. Worries and cares, as in 「悩みを相談する」; 「痛み」 is about the sensation of pain.
• Related辛酸しんさんWrittenWritten/formal prose. The hardships one has endured, as in 「辛酸をなめる」; 「痛み」 is pain.
• Related四苦八苦しくはっくNeutralNeutral. A four-character idiom for immense hardship, being at one's wits' end, as in 「四苦八苦する」.
• Related苦くNeutralNeutral. Suffering or hardship, mostly in set phrases like 「苦にする」 (to mind, worry over) and 「苦もなく」 (effortlessly); 「痛み」 is about pain.
• RelatedつらさNeutralNeutral. How hard or bitter something feels, leaning toward the emotional side; 「痛み」 leans toward bodily pain, though it can mean heartache too.
• Related苦しさくるしさNeutralNeutral. The degree of distress or oppression, as with labored breathing; 「痛み」 is pain itself.
• Related憂苦ゆうくWrittenWritten/formal prose and rare. Sorrow and mental distress; in everyday speech say 「悩み」.
• Related艱苦かんくWrittenWritten/formal prose. Hardship and privation, as in 「艱難辛苦」; in daily speech say 「苦労」.
• Related疾苦しっくWrittenWritten/formal prose. Suffering from illness or the people's hardships; not used in daily conversation.
• Related苦患くげんWrittenWritten/formal prose. A Buddhist term for the sufferings of hell; not used in everyday speech.
• Antonym快感かいかんNeutralNeutral. The opposite of 「痛み」 in feeling: a pleasant, comfortable sensation.
• Antonym無痛むつうNeutralNeutral. The opposite of 「痛み」 in the presence of pain; mostly medical, as in 「無痛分娩」.

Use 「痛み」 for bodily pain and for heartache. For suffering of body and mind, 「苦痛」 and 「苦しみ」; for mental anguish, 「苦悩」 and 「悩み」. 「疼痛」 is the medical term, 「辛酸」 and 「四苦八苦」 speak of hardships endured. The remaining words are narrower or rarer choices; see their notes.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 傷きずなどによる肉体的にくたいてき苦痛くつう。
2. 悲かなしみや嘆なげきなどの精神的せいしんてき苦痛くつう。
3. 食物しょくもつの腐敗ふはい。
4. 物ものの破損はそん。きず。
5. 損失そんしつ。損害そんがい。