Info on the Kanji 窮 | What's a Kanji? |
| hard up, destitute, suffer, perplexed, cornered | |
| onyomi | KYUU |
| kunyomi | kiwa-meru, kiwa-maru |
| stroke count | 15 |
| grade | s |
| jlpt level | N1 |
| Example words with 窮 | |
| Word | Meaning |
| 窮すきゅうす kyuusu | to be hard pressed / to be at a loss / to become poor / to be reduced to poverty |
| 窮みきはみ kihami | height / acme / extremity |
| 窮境きゅうきょう kyuukyou | predicament |
| 窮極きゅうきょく kyuukyoku | ultimate / extreme / final / eventual |
| 窮屈きゅうくつ kyuukutsu | narrow / tight / stiff / rigid / uneasy / formal / constrained / cramped |
| 窮策きゅうさく kyuusaku | desperate measure / expedient of last resort |
| 窮死きゅうし kyuu shi | dying in miserable circumstances |
| 窮状きゅうじょう kyuujou | distress / wretched condition |
| 窮鼠きゅうそ kyuuso | cornered rat or mouse |
| 窮地きゅうち kyuuchi | dilemma / predicament |
| 窮鳥きゅうとり kyuu tori | cornered bird |
| 窮追きゅうつい kyuu tsui | cornered / driven to the wall |
| 窮迫きゅうはく kyuuhaku | financial difficulty / distress |
| 窮乏きゅうぼう kyuubou | poverty / destitution / privation / indigence / penury |
| 窮民きゅうみん kyuumin | poor people / the poor |
| 窮余きゅうよ kyuuyo | extremity / desperation |
| 困窮こんきゅう konkyuu | poverty / distress |
| 追窮ついきゅう tsui kyuu | investigation / enquiry / inquiry |
| 貧窮ひんきゅう hinkyuu | great poverty |
| 無窮むきゅう mukyuu | eternity / infinitude / immortality |
| 窮するきゅうする kyuusu ru | to be hard pressed / to be at a loss / to become poor / to be reduced to poverty |
| 窮まるきはまる kihama ru | to terminate / to reach an extreme / to take to the extreme / to be in a dilemma / to be at an end |
| 窮めるきはめる kihame ru | to carry to extremes / to go to the end of something / to investigate thoroughly / to master |
| 窮措大きゅうそだい kyuu so dai | poor student |
| 困窮者こんきゅうもの konkyuu mono | the poor or needy or destitute |
| 貧窮化ひんきゅうか hinkyuu ka | impoverishment |
| 窮み無ききはみなき kihami naki | without limit / endless |
| 窮極目的きゅうきょくもくてき kyuukyoku mokuteki | extreme purpose |
| 窮鼠噛猫きゅうそごうねこ kyuuso gou neko | a cornered rat will bite the cat / one who is cornered will fight like a devil |
| 窮余の策きゅうよのさく kyuuyo no saku | desperate measure |
| 困苦窮乏こんくきゅうぼう konku kyuubou | hardships and privations |
| 天壌無窮てんじょうむきゅう tenjoumukyuu | as eternal as heaven and earth |
| 万事窮すばんじきゅうす banjikyuusu | there is nothing more that can be done |
| 学を窮めるがくをきはめる gaku wo kihame ru | to study exhaustively |
| 窮まりないきはまりない kihama rinai | extremely / in the extreme / knows no bounds / unparalleled / boundless / limitless |
| 窮まり無いきはまりない kihama ri nai | extremely / in the extreme / knows no bounds / unparalleled / boundless / limitless |
| 窮余の一策きゅうよのいっさく kyuuyo no issaku | desperate measure / last-ditch effort |
| 口を窮めてくちをきはめて kuchi wo kihame te | using the strongest words possible |
| 進退窮まるしんたいきはまる shintai kihama ru | to be at a loss / to be in a corner |
| 道が窮まるみちがきはまる michi ga kihama ru | to come to a dead end |
| 窮すれば通ずきゅうすればつうず kyuusu reba tsuuzu | necessity is the mother of invention / there is always some way out of a difficulty if you really look for one |
| 窮鼠猫を噛むきゅうそねこをかむ kyuuso neko wo kamu | a cornered rat will bite a cat / despair turns cowards courageous |
| 言葉に窮することばにきゅうする kotoba ni kyuusu ru | to be at a loss for words |
| 返答に窮するへんとうにきゅうする hentou ni kyuusu ru | to be embarrassed for a reply / to be at a loss for a reply |
| 呼吸窮迫症候群こきゅうきゅうはくしょうこうぐん kokyuu kyuuhaku shoukougun | respiratory distress syndrome |
| 窮鳥懐に入れば猟師も殺さずきゅうとりふところにいればりょうしもころさず kyuu tori futokoro ni ire ba ryoushi mo korosa zu | even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter |
| 窮鳥懐に入れば猟師もこれを殺さずきゅうとりふところにいればりょうしもこれをころさず kyuu tori futokoro ni ire ba ryoushi mokorewo korosa zu | even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter |
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| 非の打ち所がない計画は、窮屈だなあ。 「そんなに舐められた相手じゃないけどなぁ・・・」「そうだよ、窮鼠猫を噛むって言うじゃないか」 まさかそのような窮地に立たされているとは露知らず。 列車のコンパートメントはすぐ窮屈になる。 |
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