窮屈

Chinese

exhausted; poor bent; feel wronged
trad. (窮屈)
simp. (穷屈)

Pronunciation


Adjective

窮屈

  1. (literary) impoverished; poverty-stricken

Verb

窮屈

  1. (literary) to exhaust; to use up
  2. (literary) to submit; to yield; to capitulate; to obey

Japanese

Kanji in this term
きゅう
Grade: S
くつ
Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Adjective

(きゅう)(くつ) • (kyūkutsu) -na (adnominal (きゅう)(くつ) (kyūkutsu na), adverbial (きゅう)(くつ) (kyūkutsu ni))

  1. tight, cramped, tight-fitting, rigid, uncomfortable, uneasy
    窮屈な下着
    a tight underwear
  2. narrow
    窮屈な部屋
    a narrow room
  3. illiberal, oppressive, uncomfortable
    窮屈な家庭
    an illiberal family

Inflection

Synonyms

Antonyms

Noun

(きゅう)(くつ) • (kyūkutsu) 

  1. tightness, rigidity, uncomfortableness
  2. narrowness
  3. illiberality, oppressiveness, uncomfortableness

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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