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困

quandary
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingコン
Kun readingこま.る
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 6

Meanings

  1. quandaryRtK
  2. become distressed
  3. annoyed
  1. to be troubled
  2. to have difficulty
  3. to be in a fix
  4. to be at a loss
  5. to be stumped

Popular Usage

困る困難

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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pent in (囗) · tree (木) · wood (木)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 621

Compound words

困るこまる
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be in a fix; to be at a loss; to be stumped
困難こんなん
difficulty; hardship; trouble; distress; infeasibility
困難なこんなんな
difficult
困窮こんきゅう
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with
困惑こんわく
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
貧困ひんこん
poverty; penury; need; destitution; shortage
困り果てるこまりはてる
to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do
困苦こんく
privation
困憊こんぱい
exhaustion
困蹶こんけつ
being in a difficult position
困阨こんやく
distress
困り者こまりもの
good-for-nothing
困らせるこまらせる
to trouble with questions
困りきるこまりきる
to be greatly perplexed
困り切るこまりきる
to be greatly perplexed
疲労困憊ひろうこんぱい
total exhaustion
困惑するこんわくする
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
困りはてるこまりはてる
to be at a complete loss

Kun Reading Examples

私は入り口のない都市に住むと困ると思います。こまる
I think that it would be inconvenient to live in a city with no door.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は返事に困った。
He was at a loss for an answer.tatoeba
彼は彼女にうるさく質問して困らせた。
He bothered her with questions.tatoeba
彼は入院した瞬間から、いつ家に戻れるか教えてほしいと主治医に尋ね、困らせ続けた。
From the moment he arrived there, he kept on bothering his doctor to tell him when he would be able to go home.tatoeba
彼は長年、腰痛で困っている。
He's been having trouble with back pain for years.tatoeba
これにより、国中が干ばつに襲われ、民百姓が困る。
As a result of the occult act, the regions all over Japan are affected by drought and peasants suffer from it.wiki
ただし二幕目でいきなり坊主では困ると粂三郎の母が文句を入れた。
Actually, Kumesaburo's mother opposed having him appear in a butch haircut from the very beginning of Act Two.wiki
遣唐使の渡海の困難
Difficult Sea Voyage of the Kentoshi (Japanese Delegates to China)wiki
布教は困難をきわめた。
Missionary work proved to be difficult.wiki

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