Words — 35 found
きゅうくつ
窮屈
1. narrow; tight; cramped
2. formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious; rigid
3. constrained; uncomfortable
4. tight (e.g. finances)
きわ
極まる
1. to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; to terminate; to come to an end
2. extremelyafter adjectival noun. e.g. 退屈極まる話
3. to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be at a lossesp. 窮まる. occ. 谷まる
4. to be decided; to be settled
窮まる 【きわまる】
きわ
極まりない
1. extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); unparalleledsuffix often in kana
2. boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
窮まりない 【きわまりない】、極まり無い 【きわまりない】、窮まり無い 【きわまりない】
きわ
極める
1. to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the limits of something
2. to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy)
- おお多く
- の
- うんどうせんしゅ運動選手
- は
- せいねんじだい青年時代
- に
- さか盛り
- を
- きわ極める 。
3. to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)Only applies to 極める
窮める 【きわめる】
窮める: Rarely-used kanji form.
1. extremity; desperation
きゅうそねこか
窮鼠猫を噛む
1. a cornered rat will bite a cat; despair gives courage to a cowardProverb
- 「
- そんなに
- な舐められた
- あいて相手
- じゃない
- けど
- なぁ ・・・」「
- そうだ
- よ 、
- きゅうそねこをか窮鼠猫を噛む
- って
- い言う
- じゃない
- か 」
窮鼠猫をかむ 【きゅうそねこをかむ】
きゅうちょうふところいりょうしころ
窮鳥懐に入れば猟師も殺さず
1. even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelterProverb
- いけすかない
- ボス
- だ
- けど 、
- しごと仕事の
- なや悩み
- を
- そうだん相談
- したら
- あんがい案外 、
- きゅうちょうふところにいればりょうしもころ窮鳥懐に入れば猟師も殺さず 、
- てな
- ことになる
- かも
- ね 。
きゅうつう
窮すれば通ず
1. necessity is the mother of invention; there is always some way out of a difficulty if you really look for oneProverb
1. 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)
2. to be pressed for; to be pinched for; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
1. dying in miserable circumstances