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56 困窮
Poverty

Meaning

Primary

Poverty

Secondary

Distress

Word Type

noun, verbal noun

Reading

こんきゅう

Notes

Groups

    • 不自由 Discomfort, Inconvenience, Disability, Impairment, Poverty, Destitution

    • 貧乏 Poor, Poverty

    • 窮乏 Poverty, Destitution

    • 困窮 Poverty, Distress

    • 窮状 Distress, Wretched Condition

    • 困窮 Poverty, Distress

Remarks

  • His concubine こんきゅう lived in Poverty and Distress.

  • Poverty left them with only condors こん and cucumbers きゅう to eat.

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