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hard up, destitute, suffer, perplexed, cornered

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

キュウキョウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

きわ.まりきわ.まるきわ.みきわ.める

Stroke Order

15 / 15

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:15

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1756

Vocabulary

キュウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
窮極	キュウキョク	ultimate; final; last; eventual
窮屈	キュウクツ	narrow; tight; cramped; formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious; rigid; constrained; uncomfortable; tight (e.g. finances)
窮状	キュウジョウ	distress; wretched condition
窮地	キュウチ	dilemma; predicament
追窮	ツイキュウ	thorough investigation; close inquiry; pursuit (e.g. of the truth)

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
窮まる	きわまる	to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; to terminate; to come to an end; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be at a loss; to be decided; to be settled
窮める	きわめる	to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the limits of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
窮み	きわみ	height; acme; extremity; peak; end; limit
窮まりない	きわまりない	extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); unparalleled; boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
感窮まる	かんきわまる	to be overcome with emotion

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