Results, 窮
Partial results:
- 窮屈☆【きゅうくつ】 Inflection
adjectival noun / noun:
- narrow; tight; cramped
- formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious; rigid
- constrained; uncomfortable
- tight (e.g. finances)
- 窮乏☆【きゅうぼう】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury
飢饉が人々にひどい窮乏をもたらした。 Famine caused great distress among the people.
- 窮地☆【きゅうち】
noun:
- dilemma; predicament
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.
- 極まる☆【きわまる】窮まる・谷まる Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; to terminate; to come to an end
auxiliary verb / noun or verb acting prenominally / godan ~る verb:
- extremely - after adjectival noun. e.g. 退屈極まる話
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be at a loss - esp. 窮まる. occ. 谷まる
- to be decided; to be settled
下品極まる盛り場に通いつける。 He haunts the lowest resorts.
家庭での生活は、今、考えると、みじめ極まるものであった。 When I think about it now, our family lived a very miserable life.
- 極める☆【きわめる】究める・窮める Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something - esp. 極める, 窮める
- to investigate thoroughly; to master - esp. 究める
多くの運動選手は青年時代に盛りを極める。 Most athletes are at their best during their early manhood.
- 極まりない☆【きわまりない】窮まりない・極まり無い・窮まり無い Inflection
suffix / adjective:
- extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); unparalleled - suffix often in kana
adjective:
- boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
- 窮す【きゅうす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:
- to be hard pressed; to be at a loss ➜ 窮する
- to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
- 窮地に陥る【きゅうちにおちいる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape
- 窮すれば通ず【きゅうすればつうず】
expression:
- necessity is the mother of invention; there is always some way out of a difficulty if you really look for one - proverb
- 窮鼠噛猫【きゅうそごうびょう】
expression:
- A cornered rat will bite the cat; One who is cornered will fight like a devil - four character idiom
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