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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