Kanji
N1 15 strokes Grade 8 freq #1756

hard up, destitute, suffer, perplexed, cornered

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

cave ana

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

dilemma; predicament
distress; wretched condition
narrow; tight
poverty; need
poverty; destitution
extremity; desperation
hardships and privations
acute respiratory distress syndrome; ARDS
respiratory distress syndrome
hakama; man's formal divided skirt

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to be at a loss; to be puzzled
a cornered rat will bite a cat; despair gives courage to a coward
even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter
even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter
desperate measure; last-ditch effort
to be at a loss for words
to be embarrassed for a reply; to be at a loss for a reply
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape

Example sentences

He will wriggle out of the fix.

We thought their shop was a failure, but now they've gotten out from under and even expanded.

A faultless plan is stifling, isn't it?

He has been in deep water since he got fired from his job.