Kanji

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Stroke order data: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)(opens in a new tab)
JLPT N1Jōyō · secondaryfreq #175615 strokes

Meanings

hard up, destitute, suffer, perplexed, cornered

ES: final, extremo, finalizar, acabar, llevar al extremo, llevar a cabo

On
キュウ、キョウ
Kun
きわ.める、きわ.まる、きわ.まり、きわ.み

Common words

  • 窮屈きゅうくつnarrow, tight, cramped
  • 窮乏きゅうぼうpoverty, destitution, privation, indigence, penury
  • 窮状きゅうじょうdistress, wretched condition
  • 窮地きゅうちdilemma, predicament
  • 困窮こんきゅうpoverty, need, destitution

Example sentences

  • 非ひの打うち所どころがない計画けいかくは、窮屈きゅうくつだなあ。

    A faultless plan is stifling, isn't it?

    Un plan sin fallos es asfixiante, ¿no es así?

    Tatoeba #74196(opens in a new tab)
  • 飢饉ききんが人々ひとびとにひどい窮乏きゅうぼうをもたらした。

    Famine caused great distress among the people.

    La hambruna hizo pasar a las personas por terribles adversidades.

    Tatoeba #182955(opens in a new tab)
  • 彼かれはそんな窮乏きゅうぼうの中なかでどうやって暮くらしていたのか。

    How did he make his living in such poverty?

    ¿Cómo pudo vivir en esa pobreza?

    Tatoeba #112121(opens in a new tab)
  • 列車れっしゃのコンパートメントはすぐ窮屈きゅうくつになる。

    Train compartments soon get cramped.

    Tatoeba #77546(opens in a new tab)

Dictionary data: JMdict and KANJIDIC2, property of the EDRDG, used under its licence (CC BY-SA 4.0).(opens in a new tab)

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