Word Meaning 窮余の策

きゅうよのさく kyuuyo no saku

窮余の策 is read as きゅうよのさく (kyuuyo no saku) and means desperate measure.

Meaning

English

  1. desperate measure

Reading

Kana

きゅうよのさく

Romaji

kyuuyo no saku

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 35 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 112916 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

窮余の一策

きゅうよのいっさく

desperate measure

窮策

きゅうさく

desperate measure

窮余

きゅうよ

extremity

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

政策

せいさく

political measures

対策

たいさく

measure

Example Sentences

1

それはきゅうよのさくだった。

That was a desperate measure.