Word Meaning 窮余

きゅうよ kyuuyo

窮余 is read as きゅうよ (kyuuyo) and means extremity.

Meaning

English

  1. extremity
  2. desperation

Reading

Kana

きゅうよ

Romaji

kyuuyo

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 23716 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

窮余の一策

きゅうよのいっさく

desperate measure

窮余の策

きゅうよのさく

desperate measure

窮屈

きゅうくつ

tight (e.g. finances)

窮乏

きゅうぼう

poverty

窮地

きゅうち

dilemma

窮状

きゅうじょう

distress

窮理学

きゅうりがく

(Western) physics

窮措大

きゅうそだい

poor student (scholar)

窮民

きゅうみん

poor people

窮理

きゅうり

branch of neo-Confusianist scholarship

窮すれば通ず

きゅうすればつうず

necessity is the mother of invention

刑余

けいよ

eunuch

Example Sentences

1

それはきゅうよのさくだった。

That was a desperate measure.