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窮地に陥る

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 窮地に陥る.

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Entry

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

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

窮

hard up, destitute, suffer, perplexed, cornered

15 strokesFrequency 1,756JLPT N1Grade 8

On

キュウキョウ

Kun

きわ.めるきわ.まるきわ.まりきわ.み
地

ground, earth

6 strokesFrequency 40JLPT N3Grade 2

On

チジ

Nanori

どま
陥

collapse, fall into, cave in, fall (castle), slide into

10 strokesFrequency 1,154JLPT N1Grade 8

On

カン

Kun

おちい.るおとしい.れる

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