Illustration: Outside an apartment door, a resident has both arms full of grocery bags and cannot reach the keys visibly caught deep in a coat pocket. One bag contains a long leek that keeps brushing their chin whenever they bend.

JLPT N5verbLevel estimated by Bebop

困こまる

komaru

to be in trouble, to have difficulty

Example sentences

彼かれは困こまっている。
He is in trouble.
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彼かれは返事へんじに困こまった。
He was at a loss for an answer.
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困こまったら私わたしに助たすけを求もとめなさい。
Turn to me for help if you are in difficulty.
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Kanji in 困

困quandary; become distressedOnコンKunこまる

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