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Definition and Synonyms for 苦境
1. | 板挟み | 特に、同じように望ましくない選択肢から1つを選ばなければいけない場合の不安定で困難な状態 |
Dilemma | state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options | |
Synonyms: | ジレンマ, 板挟み, 窮地, 苦境 | |
2. | 窮状 | その人の能力では処置しかねる状況あるいは状態で、耐え忍ぶため、あるいは克服するために非常な努力を必要とする |
Difficulty | a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome | |
Synonyms: | 困難, 窮状, 苦境, 難局 | |
3. | 窮境 | 脱出することが難しく、特に不快で辛い状態 |
Predicament | a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one | |
Synonyms: | 窮地, 窮境, 苦境 | |
4. | 苦しみ | 不幸なもしくは苦痛な状態 |
Hardship | a state of misfortune or affliction | |
Synonyms: | 不幸せ, 困窮, 困苦, 困難, 御難, 悲境, 憂き目, 苦しみ, 苦しむ, 苦境, 苦難, 貧苦, 辛苦, 逆境, 難儀 |
Meanings for each kanji in 苦境
» | 苦 | suffering; trial; worry; hardship; feel bitter; scowl |
» | 境 | boundary; border; region |
Categories 苦境 is a member of
1. | 困惑 | 複雑さの結果起こった混乱によるトラブル |
Perplexity | trouble or confusion resulting from complexity | |
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2. | 容態 | 一定の時の状況 |
Condition | a state at a particular time | |
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3. | 窮状 | その人の能力では処置しかねる状況あるいは状態で、耐え忍ぶため、あるいは克服するために非常な努力を必要とする |
Difficulty | a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome | |
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4. | 災難 | 好ましくない結果から生じる不幸な状態 |
Ill Luck | an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes | |
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Sample Sentences for 苦境
彼はこれまでこんな苦境に立ち至ったことはなかった。
Never in his life had he encountered such a dilemma.
零細企業はインフレで苦境に陥っています。
Small enterprises are feeling the squeeze of inflation.
僕は彼を苦境から助け出すために少なからず骨を折った。
I took no little pains to help him out of the difficulty.
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