# 窮 to be in trouble

穴 (hole) + 弓 (bow) + 身 ((one's own) flesh)
★☆☆☆☆
15 strokes
BETA DUPE

## Onyomi

KYUU | CUTE guys are nothing but trouble.

## Mnemonic

| When a bow shoots a hole in your flesh, you bet your ass you're in trouble.

## Kunyomi

( が ) きわ＊まる | To be caught in a dillema, to have your back to the wall, to the point where there seems to be no hope. Almost never used. ☆☆☆☆☆

## Jukugo

窮地(きゅうち) に | FUCKED ★☆☆☆☆ 窮 (to be in trouble) + 地 (area) = 窮地 (FUCKED) to be up a creek, in a predicament, painted into a corner, fucked.
窮屈(きゅうくつ) な | tight-assed. ★☆☆☆☆ 窮 (to be in trouble) + 屈 (yield, get out of the way) = 窮屈 (tight-assed. ) ：stiff or formal, tight-assed.

## Synonyms

extremes 極まる 窮まる