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
窮鳥懐に入れば猟師もこれを殺さず
きゅうちょうふところにいればりょうしもこれをころさず
- even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter exp proverb
窮鼠猫を噛む
きゅうそねこをかむ
- a cornered rat will bite a cat; despair turns cowards courageous exp proverb
窮する
きゅうする
- to be hard pressed; to be at a loss vs-s vi
- to become poor; to be reduced to poverty vs-s vi
困苦窮乏
こんくきゅうぼう
- hardships and privations n yoji
窮鼠噛猫
きゅうそごうびょう
- a cornered rat will bite the cat; one who is cornered will fight like a devil exp yoji