こんきゅう
Konkyuu
困窮 (Konkyuu) is a Japanese noun meaning “poverty, need, destitution, having great difficulty with”.
Meanings
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbpoverty; need; destitution
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbhaving great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
Examples
その家族はきわめて困窮していた。
The family lived in the depths of misery.
彼は仕事をくびになってから困窮している。
He has been in deep water since he got fired from his job.
我々は財政的に困窮していた。要するに破産したのだ。
We were financially troubled, in short, we were bankrupt.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).