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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

苦く境きょう

kukyou

predicament, difficult situation

Example sentences

  1. 零細企業れいさいきぎょうはインフレで苦境くきょうに陥おちいっています。

    Small enterprises are feeling the squeeze of inflation.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼女かのじょは夫おっとが苦境くきょうにある時ときはいつも手助てだすけをした。

    She stood by her husband whenever he was in trouble.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. ニセ札事件さつじけんの直後ちょくごは、陸軍りくぐんや大阪府おおさかふからの発注はっちゅうが途絶とだえ、苦境くきょうに立たたされた。

    Immediately after the counterfeiting case, he faced hardship because of the absence of orders from the army and Osaka Prefecture.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 苦境

  • 苦suffering; trialOnクKunくるしい・くるしむ・くるしめる
  • 境boundary; borderOnキョウ・ケイKunさかい

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