Word Meaning 窮鼠

きゅうそ kyuuso

窮鼠 is read as きゅうそ (kyuuso) and means cornered animal.

Meaning

English

  1. cornered animal
  2. cornered rat

Reading

Kana

きゅうそ

Romaji

kyuuso

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

窮鼠噛猫

きゅうそごうびょう

a cornered rat will bite the cat

窮鼠猫を噛む

きゅうそねこをかむ

a cornered rat will bite a cat

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

窮理学

きゅうりがく

(Western) physics

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