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窮

JLPT N1

Meanings

  • hard up
  • destitute
  • suffer
  • perplexed
  • cornered

Readings

  • きゅう
  • きょう
  • きわ
Strokes
15
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#1945

Common Words

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

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Data: KANJIDIC2 & JMdict (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0)