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

Noundistress; wretched condition

Noundilemma; predicament

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

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

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

Nounextremity; end; bound; limit

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

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

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

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter