Kanji Details:
- 窮
- Frequency:1756
- Kun: きわ.める, きわ.まる, きわ.まり, きわ.み
- On: キュウ, キョウ
- Meaning: hard up, destitute, suffer, perplexed, cornered
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 窮地 きゅうち dilemma, predicament 窮状 きゅうじょう distress, wretched condition 窮屈 きゅうくつ narrow, tight, stiff, rigid, uneasy, formal, constrained 困窮 こんきゅう poverty, distress 窮乏 きゅうぼう poverty 窮余 きゅうよ extremity, desperation 窮み きわみ height, acme, extremity 窮まる きわまる to terminate, to reach an extreme, to take to the extreme, to be in a dilemma, to be at an end 窮める きわめる to carry to extremes, to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly, to master 窮まりない きわまりない extremely, in the extreme, boundless, limitless