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窮きわまる

#9,865

Inflections of 窮まる
Common
きわまる
Meaning
    1. ①
      to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; to terminate; to come to an end
    2. ②
      extremely
      after adjectival noun. e.g. 退屈極まる話
    3. ③
      to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be at a loss
      esp. 窮まる. occ. 谷まる
    4. ④
      to be decided; to be settled
Kanji
窮 キュウ hard up, destitute, suffer
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進退窮しんたいきわまる

#53,300

Inflections of 進退窮まる
しんたいきわまる
Meaning
    1. ①
      to be driven into a corner; to be left with nowhere to turn; to be in a dilemma
      家主やぬしに家賃やちんを払はらえば、食物しょくもつを買かう金かねがなくなる。進退しんたいきわまったというところだ。
      If we pay the rent to the landlady, we won't have any money for food; we are between the devil and the deep blue sea.
    2. ②
      to be unable to go forward or backward; to be stranded; to get stuck
Kanji
進 シン advance, proceed, progress 退 タイ retreat, withdraw, retire 窮 キュウ hard up, destitute, suffer
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