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    3. 困窮

    困窮

    困こん窮きゅう

    poverty

    KMT9News #25+1Ref L2Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveBusiness & FinanceEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab22 strokes

    こんきゅう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

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

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    彼かれは困こん窮きゅうしています。

    He is in distress. / He is in poverty.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    経けい済ざい的てきに困こん窮きゅうしている家か庭ていへの支し援えんが必ひつ要ようです。

    Support is needed for economically distressed families.

    KMT9Business & FinanceDaily Life
    経けい営えいが困こん窮きゅうし、会かい社しゃは倒とう産さんの危き機きに瀕ひんしています。

    Management is in distress, and the company is on the verge of bankruptcy.

    KMT9Business & FinanceEmotions & Psychology
    精せい神しん的てきに困こん窮きゅうしている友ゆう人じんをどう助たすければよいか悩なやんでいます。

    I'm worried about how to help my friend who is in mental distress.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    戦せん争そうによって多おおくの人ひと々びとが住すむ場ば所しょを失うしない、困こん窮きゅうを極きわめています。

    Due to the war, many people have lost their homes and are in extreme destitution.

    KMT10Politics & LawEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    困
    こま.る…(1)
    quandary・become distressed・annoyed
    窮
    きわ.める・きわ.まる・きわ.まり・きわ.み…(2)
    hard up・destitute・suffer・perplexed・cornered
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