こんきゅう

困窮

poverty; need; destitution

N5Common wordNoun
Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb
povertyneeddestitution
Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb
having great difficulty withstruggling greatly withbeing in distress

Example Sentences

その家族はきわめて困窮していた。

The family lived in the depths of misery.

(かれ)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.

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.