精神的苦痛(せいしんてきくつう)

せいしんてきくつう
noun
emotional distress; mental suffering; psychological pain
1. emotional distress; mental suffering; psychological pain
Pain or suffering that is psychological or emotional in nature, as opposed to physical pain.
精神的苦痛(せいしんてきくつう)を受(う)けた。
I suffered emotional distress.
いじめによる精神的苦痛(せいしんてきくつう)は深刻(しんこく)だ。
The emotional distress caused by bullying is serious.
精神的苦痛(せいしんてきくつう)に対(たい)する慰謝料(いしゃりょう)を請求(せいきゅう)した。
I claimed compensation for emotional distress.

A compound of 精神的(せいしんてき) (mental, psychological) + 苦痛(くつう) (pain, suffering). Frequently used in legal and medical contexts. In Japanese law, 精神的苦痛(せいしんてきくつう) is the basis for claiming 慰謝料(いしゃりょう) (consolation money / damages for emotional suffering).

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 精神的苦痛(せいしんてきくつう)を受(う)ける: to suffer emotional distress
  • 精神的苦痛(せいしんてきくつう)を与(あた)える: to cause emotional distress
  • 精神的苦痛(せいしんてきくつう)に耐(た)える: to endure mental suffering
  • 精神的苦痛(せいしんてきくつう)に対(たい)する賠償(ばいしょう): compensation for mental suffering

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 肉体的苦痛(にくたいてきくつう): physical pain — the counterpart, referring to bodily pain
  • 心労(しんろう): mental fatigue, worry — lighter than 精神的苦痛(せいしんてきくつう), referring to the weariness from worry rather than acute suffering
  • 苦悩(くのう): anguish — a more literary word for deep suffering, while 精神的苦痛(せいしんてきくつう) is more clinical and formal
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