Word · 単語
困窮
Reading こんきゅう
poverty
- 1 poverty, need, destitution
- 2 having great difficulty with, struggling greatly with, being in distress
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例文 · examples
その家族はきわめて困窮していた。
The family lived in the depths of misery.
sense 1 · poverty
彼は仕事をくびになってから困窮している。
He has been in deep water since he got fired from his job.
sense 2 · having great difficulty with
我々は財政的に困窮していた。要するに破産したのだ。
We were financially troubled, in short, we were bankrupt.