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hard up
Stroke count: 15

Readings

On readingキュウ、キョウ
Kun readingきわ.める、きわ.まる、きわ.まり、きわ.み
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. hard upRtK
    彼は仕事をくびになってから困窮している。He has been in deep water since he got fired from his job.tatoeba
    しかし、朝廷の財政は窮乏を極めていた。However, the Imperial Palace was in a state of poverty.wiki
  2. destitute
  3. suffer
  4. perplexed
  5. cornered
  1. narrow
  2. tight
  3. cramped
  4. formal
  5. stiff

Popular Usage

窮屈窮乏

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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hole · house · human legs (儿) · somebody · nose (鼻) · bow (弓)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1424

Compound words

窮屈きゅうくつ
narrow; tight; cramped; formal; stiff
窮乏きゅうぼう
poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury
窮状きゅうじょう
distress; wretched condition
窮地きゅうち
dilemma; predicament
困窮こんきゅう
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with
窮みきわみ
height
窮境きゅうきょう
predicament
窮極きゅうきょく
ultimate
窮迫きゅうはく
financial difficulty
窮民きゅうみん
poor people
貧窮ひんきゅう
great poverty
天壌無窮てんじょうむきゅう
as eternal as heaven and earth

Additional Examples

彼はそんな窮乏の中でどうやって暮らしていたのか。
How did he make his living in such poverty?tatoeba
大統領は国民に貧窮や病気との戦いで団結するように呼びかけた。
The president called on the people to unite in fighting poverty and disease.tatoeba
しかし、朝廷の財政は窮乏を極めていた。
However, the Imperial Palace was in a state of poverty.wiki
御家人の多くは、江戸時代中期以降、非常に窮乏した。
Many gokenin found themselves slip into severe poverty from the middle of the Edo period onwards.wiki

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