Word Meaning 苦肉の策

くにくのさく kuniku no saku

苦肉の策 is read as くにくのさく (kuniku no saku) and means last resort.

Meaning

English

last resort
desperate measure taken under the pressure of necessity

Reading

Kana

くにくのさく

Romaji

kuniku no saku

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Proverb ✓ Rank 13888 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

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苦肉

くにく

hurting oneself (to trick an adversary)

反間苦肉

はんかんくにく

stratagem for causing a rift in the enemy camp by using a seditious plot

苦慮

くりょ

racking one's brains

苦渋

くじゅう

bitterness and astringency

苦闘

くとう

hard fight

苦味素

くみそ

bitter principle

苦渋の決断

くじゅうのけつだん

agonizing decision

苦しい言い訳

くるしいいいわけ

lame excuse

苦集滅道

くじゅめつどう

Suffering, Source of Suffering Desire, The Cessation of Suffering, The Way Leading to the Cessation of Suffering (The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism)

政策

せいさく

political measures

対策

たいさく

measure

策

さく

fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong