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 |
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| Example Sentences with 窮 |
| 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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