Onyomi: キュウ, キョウ · Kunyomi: きわ.まり, きわ.まる, きわ.み, きわ.める · Meanings: cornered, destitute, hard up, perplexed, suffer
Kanji for cornered, destitute, hard up, perplexed, suffer
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| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 究極 | きゅうきょく | ultimate, final, last, eventual | common JLPT-N1 Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 窮屈 | きゅうくつ | narrow, tight, cramped | common JLPT-N1 Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun |
| 窮乏 | きゅうぼう | poverty, destitution, privation, indigence, penury | JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 窮地 | きゅうち | dilemma, predicament | common Noun |
| 極まる | きわまる | to reach an extreme, to reach a limit, to terminate, to come to an end | common Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 極まりない | きわまりない | extremely, in the extreme, knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness), unparalleled | Suffix, I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 窮鼠 | きゅうそ | cornered rat | Noun |
| 窮状 | きゅうじょう | distress, wretched condition | common Noun |
| 極める | きわめる | to carry to extremes, to go to the end of something, to reach the limits of something | common Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 窮余 | きゅうよ | extremity, desperation | Noun |
| 極み | きわみ | height, acme, extremity, peak | Noun |
| 窮鼠猫を噛む | きゅうそねこをかむ | a cornered rat will bite a cat, despair gives courage to a coward | Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'mu' ending |
| 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 | Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.) |
| 窮すれば通ず | きゅうすればつうず | necessity is the mother of invention, there is always some way out of a difficulty if you really look for one | Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.) |
| 窮みなき | きわみなき | without limit, endless | Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi) |