Noundistress; wretched condition

Noundilemma; predicament

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbpoverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury

Nounpredicament

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbfinancial difficulty; distress

Nounpoor people; the poor

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbdying in miserable circumstances

Nounextremity; desperation

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbcornered; driven to the wall

Nouncornered bird

Noundesperate measure; expedient of last resort

Nouncornered rat

Nounstudy of natural laws · branch of neo-Confusianist scholarship

Godan verb with 'su' ending, Intransitive verbto be hard pressed; to be at a loss · to become poor; to be reduced to poverty

Noungod of poverty · vengeful spirit

Nounpoor student (scholar)

Suru verb - special class, Intransitive verbto be at a loss; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be at one's wit's end; to be in a dilemma; to not know what to (do, say, etc) · to be pressed for; to be pinched for; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty

Nounhakama; man's formal divided skirt

Noun(Western) physics

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Noundesperate measure

Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)without limit; endless

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)a cornered rat will bite the cat; one who is cornered will fight like a devil

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Noundesperate measure; last-ditch effort

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'ru' endingto be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)necessity is the mother of invention; there is always some way out of a difficulty if you really look for one

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'mu' endinga cornered rat will bite a cat; despair gives courage to a coward

Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbultimate; final; last; eventual

Nounheight; acme; extremity; peak · end; limit

Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verbto reach an extreme; to reach a limit; to terminate; to come to an end · extremely · to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be at a loss

Ichidan verb, Transitive verbto carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the limits of something · to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy) · to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)

Suffix, I-adjective (keiyoushi)extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); unparalleled · boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless

Nounextremity; end; bound; limit

Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verbto master thoroughly; to explore exhaustively; to push to the absolute limit; to complete to perfection