窮
キュウ • キョウ
きわ.める • きわ.まる • きわ.まり • きわ.み
hard up; destitute; suffer; perplexed; cornered
Words
窮す
きゅうす
- to be hard pressed; to be at a loss v5s vi
- to become poor; to be reduced to poverty v5s vi
返答に窮する
へんとうにきゅうする
- to be embarrassed for a reply; to be at a loss for a reply exp vs-s
言葉に窮する
ことばにきゅうする
- to be at a loss for words exp vs-s
窮余の一策
きゅうよのいっさく
- desperate measure; last-ditch effort n
窮鳥懐に入れば猟師も殺さず
きゅうちょうふところにいればりょうしもころさず
- even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter exp proverb