窮 — hard up, destitute, suffer

Common words with 窮

• 窮地きゅうちdilemma; predicamentCommon

  その大臣は不正取引によって窮地に立ちました。
  The minister was in a fix over illegal dealings.

• 窮状きゅうじょうdistress; wretched conditionCommon
• 窮屈きゅうくつnarrow; tight; crampedCommon

  列車のコンパートメントはすぐ窮屈になる。
  Train compartments soon get cramped.

• 窮乏きゅうぼうpoverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penuryCommon
• 困窮こんきゅうpoverty; need; destitutionCommon
• 窮余きゅうよextremity; desperationOccasional
• 困窮者こんきゅうしゃthe poor; the needy; the destituteRare
• 窮地に陥るきゅうちにおちいるto be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrapeRare
• 春窮しゅんきゅうspring staple shortage (before the harvest of rice, wheat, barley, etc.)Rare
• 窮みなききわみなきwithout limit; endlessRare
• 窮するきゅうするto be at a loss; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be at one's wit's end; to b…Rare
• 言葉に窮することばにきゅうするto be at a loss for wordsRare
• 返答に窮するへんとうにきゅうするto be embarrassed for a reply; to be at a loss for a replyRare
• 貧窮ひんきゅうgreat povertyRare
• 貧窮化ひんきゅうかimpoverishmentRare
• 窮鼠きゅうそcornered ratRare
• 窮鼠猫を噛むきゅうそねこをかむa cornered rat will bite a cat; despair gives courage to a cowardRare
• 窮すれば通ずきゅうすればつうずnecessity is the mother of invention; there is always some way out of a difficu…Rare
• 無窮むきゅうeternity; infinitude; immortalityRare
• 無窮花ムグンファrose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus); Korean roseRare

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