困窮
こんきゅう
Meanings
- Noun, する verb, Intransitive poverty; need; destitution
- having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
Kanji
Example sentences
- 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. - 市は困窮者に毛布を支給した。
The city supplied the needy with blankets.