困窮

Chinese

distress; sleepy; doze off exhausted; poor
trad. (困窮)
simp. (困穷)
anagram 窮困穷困

Pronunciation


Adjective

困窮

  1. impoverished; destitute; poverty-stricken

Synonyms

Antonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こん
Grade: 6
きゅう
Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んきゅう [kòńkyúú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kõ̞ŋʲkʲɨᵝː]

Noun

(こん)(きゅう) • (konkyū) 

  1. poverty, destitution
  2. having great difficulty with, struggling, being in distress

Verb

(こん)(きゅう)する • (konkyū suru) suru (stem (こん)(きゅう) (konkyū shi), past (こん)(きゅう)した (konkyū shita))

  1. to be poor, to be in need

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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