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窮屈きゅうくつNoun～な Adj.Freq #6658
1

narrow; tight; cramped

Examples
列車のコンパートメントはすぐ窮屈になる。
Train compartments soon get cramped.
2

formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious; rigid

3

constrained; uncomfortable

4

tight (e.g. finances)

窮地きゅうちNounFreq #9503
1

dilemma; predicament

Examples
その大臣は不正取引によって窮地に立ちました。
The minister was in a fix over illegal dealings.
窮するきゅうするIntransitiveFreq #20274
1

Suru verb - special class

to be at a loss; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be at one's wit's end; to be in a dilemma; to not know what to (do, say, etc)

2

Suru verb - special class

to be pressed for; to be pinched for; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty

窮地に陥るきゅうちにおちいるExpressionGodan verbFreq #28067
1

to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape

窮状きゅうじょうNounFreq #33046
1

distress; wretched condition

窮乏きゅうぼうNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #50508
1

poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury

Examples
飢饉が人々にひどい窮乏をもたらした。
Famine caused great distress among the people.
窮鼠きゅうそNounFreq #56913
1

cornered rat

窮迫きゅうはくNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #69060
1

financial difficulty; distress

窮民きゅうみんNounFreq #90429
1

poor people; the poor

窮鼠猫を噛む窮鼠猫をかむきゅうそねこをかむExpressionGodan verbFreq #90665
1

Proverb

a cornered rat will bite a cat; despair gives courage to a coward

Examples
「そんなに舐められた相手じゃないけどなぁ・・・」「そうだよ、窮鼠猫を噛むって言うじゃないか」
"I don't think she's an opponent you can ignore like that ..." "That's right, they say a cornered rat bites back, don't they?"
窮境きゅうきょうNounFreq #91854
1

predicament

窮余の一策きゅうよのいっさくNounExpressionFreq #96083
1

desperate measure; last-ditch effort

窮鳥きゅうちょうNounFreq #103076
1

cornered bird

窮余の策きゅうよのさくNounExpressionFreq #108443
1

desperate measure

窮すきゅうすIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #119899
1

to be hard pressed; to be at a loss

2

to become poor; to be reduced to poverty

窮余きゅうよNounFreq #125422
1

extremity; desperation

窮理究理きゅうりNounFreq #131000
1

study of natural laws

2

branch of neo-Confusianist scholarship

窮策きゅうさくNounFreq #132450
1

desperate measure; expedient of last resort

窮死きゅうしNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #187982
1

dying in miserable circumstances

窮すれば通ずきゅうすればつうずExpressionFreq #196888
1

Proverb

necessity is the mother of invention; there is always some way out of a difficulty if you really look for one

窮みなき窮み無ききわみなきFreq #197638
1

Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)

without limit; endless

窮措大きゅうそだいNounFreq #229842
1

poor student (scholar)

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ExpressionFreq #231372
1

Proverb

even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter

Examples
いけすかないボスだけど、仕事の悩みを相談したら案外、窮鳥懐に入れば猟師も殺さず、てなことになるかもね。
The boss is hard to get along with. But if I try to talk to him about problems I have at work he might have a little heart. Even a hunter can't kill a bird who flies to him for protection.
窮追きゅうついNounTransitive～する VerbFreq #264924
1

cornered; driven to the wall

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