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Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb
1. ultimate; final; last; eventual
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窮極 【きゅうきょく】
Notes
窮極: Rarely-used kanji form.
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Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun
1. narrow; tight; cramped
Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun
2. formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious; rigid
Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun
3. constrained; uncomfortable
Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun
4. tight (e.g. finances)
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Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb
1. poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury
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きゅうつう
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1. necessity is the mother of invention; there is always some way out of a difficulty if you really look for oneProverb
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きゅうちょうふところりょうころ 窮鳥懐猟師
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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
  • けど
  • しごと仕事の
  • なや悩み
  • 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
The boss is hard to get along with. But if I try to talk to him about problems I have at work he might have a little heart. Even a hunter can't kill a bird who flies to him for protection.
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きゅうねこ 窮鼠猫
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'mu' ending
1. a cornered rat will bite a cat; despair gives courage to a cowardProverb
  • そんなに
  • 舐められた
  • あいて相手
  • じゃない
  • けど
  • なぁ
  • ・・・」「
  • そうだ
  • きゅうそねこをか窮鼠猫を噛む
  • って
  • 言う
  • じゃない
"I don't think she's an opponent you can ignore like that ..." "That's right, they say a cornered rat bites back, don't they?"
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窮鼠猫をかむ 【きゅうそねこをかむ】
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Godan verb with 'su' ending, Intransitive verb
1. to be hard pressed; to be at a lossSee also 窮する
Godan verb with 'su' ending, Intransitive verb
2. to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
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Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
1. cornered; driven to the wall
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Noun
1. hakama; man's formal divided skirtArchaic, Jocular, humorous term, See also はかま
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Suru verb - special class, Intransitive verb
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)
Suru verb - special class, Intransitive verb
2. to be pressed for; to be pinched for; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
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Noun
1. desperate measure; expedient of last resort
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Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb
1. financial difficulty; distress
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Noun
1. god of povertyArchaic, See also 貧乏神
Noun
2. vengeful spiritArchaic, See also 生き霊
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Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb
1. dying in miserable circumstances
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Kanji — 1 found

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15 strokes. JLPT N1. Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high.
hard up, destitute, suffer, perplexed, cornered
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