Moto 窮: Hard Up; Destitute; SufferKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- キュウ、キョウ
- Kun'yomi
- きわ(める)、きわ(まる)、きわ(まり)、きわ(み)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 57 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (キュウ・キョウ)
- 窮地きゅうちdilemma; predicament
- 窮状きゅうじょうdistress; wretched condition
- 窮屈きゅうくつnarrow; tight
- 困窮こんきゅうpoverty; need
- 窮乏きゅうぼうpoverty; destitution
- 窮余きゅうよextremity; desperation
- 万事窮すばんじきゅうすthere is nothing more that can be done; it's all over
- 呼吸窮迫症候群こきゅうきゅうはくしょうこうぐんrespiratory distress syndrome
- 困窮者こんきゅうしゃthe poor; the needy
- 困苦窮乏こんくきゅうぼうhardships and privations
- 天壌無窮てんじょうむきゅうas eternal as heaven and earth
- 春窮しゅんきゅうspring staple shortage (before the harvest of rice, wheat, barley, etc.)
- 無窮むきゅうeternity; infinitude
- 無窮動むきゅうどうmoto perpetuo; perpetual motion
- 生活困窮者せいかつこんきゅうしゃperson in need; person facing economic hardship
- 窮すきゅうすto be hard pressed; to be at a loss
- 窮するきゅうするto be hard pressed; to be at a loss
- 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 difficulty if you really look for one
- 窮余の一策きゅうよのいっさくdesperate measure; last-ditch effort
- 窮余の策きゅうよのさくdesperate measure
- 窮地に陥るきゅうちにおちいるto be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape
- 窮境きゅうきょうpredicament
- 窮屈袋きゅうくつぶくろhakama; man's formal divided shirt
- 窮措大きゅうそだいpoor student (scholar)
- 窮極きゅうきょくultimate; final
- 窮極目的きゅうきょくもくてきfinal aim; final end
- 窮死きゅうしdying in miserable circumstances
- 窮民きゅうみんpoor people; the poor
- 窮理きゅうりstudy of natural laws
- 窮理学きゅうりがく(Western) physics
- 窮策きゅうさくdesperate measure; expedient of last resort
- 窮迫きゅうはくfinancial difficulty; distress
- 窮追きゅうついcornered; driven to the wall
- 窮鬼きゅうきgod of poverty
- 窮鳥きゅうちょうcornered bird
- 窮鳥懐に入れば猟師もこれを殺さずきゅうちょうふところにいればりょうしもこれをころさず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殺さずきゅうちょうふところにいればりょうしもころさずeven the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter
- 窮鼠きゅうそcornered animal; cornered rat
- 窮鼠噛猫きゅうそごうびょうa cornered rat will bite the cat; one who is cornered will fight like a devil
- 窮鼠猫を噛むきゅうそねこをかむ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to be at a loss for words
- 貧窮ひんきゅうgreat poverty
- 貧窮化ひんきゅうかimpoverishment
- 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 reply
- 追窮ついきゅうinvestigation (e.g. academically, of the unknown); close inquiry (enquiry)
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 口を窮めてくちをきわめてusing the strongest words possible
- 学を窮めるがくをきわめるto study exhaustively
- 窮まりきわまりextremity; end
- 窮まりないきわまりないextremely; in the extreme
- 窮まり無いきわまりないextremely; in the extreme
- 窮まるきわまるto reach an extreme; to reach a limit
- 窮みきわみheight; acme
- 窮みなききわみなきwithout limit; endless
- 窮み無ききわみなきwithout limit; endless
- 窮めるきわめるto carry to extremes; to go to the end of something
- 進退窮まるしんたいきわまるto be at a loss; to be in a corner
Other readings
- 無窮花ムグンファrose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus); Korean rose
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