Word Meaning 窮境

きゅうきょう kyuukyou

窮境 is read as きゅうきょう (kyuukyou) and means predicament.

Meaning

English

  1. predicament

Reading

Kana

きゅうきょう

Romaji

kyuukyou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 29 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 126116 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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

窮余

きゅうよ

extremity

窮余の一策

きゅうよのいっさく

desperate measure

窮措大

きゅうそだい

poor student (scholar)

窮民

きゅうみん

poor people

窮余の策

きゅうよのさく

desperate measure

窮すれば通ず

きゅうすればつうず

necessity is the mother of invention

環境

かんきょう

environment

佳境

かきょう

scenic spot

Example Sentences

1

われわれはいま、たいへんなきゅうきょうにある。

We are in a terrible predicament right now.