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Keyword
distressed
  • quandary
  • become distressed
  • annoyed
Frequency
#843
Strokes
7
Grade
6
JLPT (old)
N2
Heisig
621
Readings
コン67%
こま33%
Mnemonic
A tree is trapped inside a closed box with no room for its branches, and it squirms there, utterly distressed.
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Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
困こん難なん
difficulty; hardship; trouble; distress; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
Noun
困こまる
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be in a fix; to be at a loss; to be stumped; to be embarrassed; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be annoyed; to be badly off; …
Godan verb
貧ひん困こん
poverty; penury; need; destitution; shortage; lack; want
Noun
困こん惑わく
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
Noun
困こん窮きゅう
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
Noun
困こまり果はてる
to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do
Ichidan verb
困こん憊ぱい
exhaustion; fatigue
Noun
困こん苦く
privation; hardship
Noun