窮

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)

極める only

to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)

ultimate; final; last; eventual

narrow; tight; cramped

formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious; rigid

constrained; uncomfortable

tight (e.g. finances)

dilemma; predicament

height; acme; extremity; peak

end; limit

Intransitive verb

to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; to terminate; to come to an end

Auxiliary verb; Noun or verb acting prenominally; After adjectival noun. e.g. 退屈極まる話

extremely

Intransitive verb; Esp. 窮まる. occ. 谷まる

to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be at a loss

Intransitive verb

to be decided; to be settled

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)

Suru verb - special class

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

poverty; need; destitution

having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress

Suffix; Suffix often in kana

extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); unparalleled

boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless

to be overcome with emotion

distress; wretched condition

thorough investigation; close inquiry; pursuit (e.g. of the truth)

great poverty

poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury

eternity; infinitude; immortality

cornered rat

financial difficulty; distress

extremity; end; bound; limit

poor people; the poor

predicament

cornered bird

to be hard pressed; to be at a loss

to become poor; to be reduced to poverty

extremity; desperation

study of natural laws

branch of neo-Confusianist scholarship