Word Meaning 窮余の一策

きゅうよのいっさく kyuuyo no issaku

窮余の一策 is read as きゅうよのいっさく (kyuuyo no issaku) and means desperate measure.

Meaning

English

  1. desperate measure
  2. last-ditch effort

Reading

Kana

きゅうよのいっさく

Romaji

kyuuyo no issaku

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 36 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Proverb Rank 83190 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

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窮余の策

きゅうよのさく

desperate measure

窮策

きゅうさく

desperate measure

窮余

きゅうよ

extremity

一策

いっさく

idea

一人っ子政策

ひとりっこせいさく

one-child policy (of the PRC)

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

窮措大

きゅうそだい

poor student (scholar)

窮民

きゅうみん

poor people

窮すれば通ず

きゅうすればつうず

necessity is the mother of invention