困窮 (こんきゅう)poverty; need; destitution
- poverty; need; destitutionnoun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
- having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distressnoun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
Kanji in 困窮
- 困Quandary; Become Distressed; AnnoyedRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N3
- 窮Hard Up; Destitute; SufferRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N1
Words that share its kanji
- 困難こんなんdifficulty; hardship
- 貧困ひんこんpoverty; penury
- 困惑こんわくbewilderment; perplexity
- 困り果てるこまりはてるto be at a complete loss; to be without recourse
- 困るこまるto be troubled; to have difficulty
- さらに困ったことにさらにこまったことにto make matters worse
- さらに困った事にさらにこまったことにto make matters worse
- 入手困難にゅうしゅこんなんdifficult to obtain; difficult to get
- 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
- 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
- 口を窮めてくちをきわめてusing the strongest words possible
- 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
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