narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
to be at a loss; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be pressed for; to be pinched for; to become poor
to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape
distress; wretched condition
to be embarrassed for a reply; to be at a loss for a reply
to be driven into a corner; to be left with nowhere to turn; to be in a dilemma; to be unable to go forward or backward; to be stranded; to get stuck
eternity; infinitude; immortality
poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury
to be at a loss for words
ultimate; final; last; eventual
person in need; person facing economic hardship
financial difficulty; distress
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
a cornered rat will bite a cat; despair gives courage to a coward
to 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)
desperate measure; last-ditch effort
thorough investigation; close inquiry; pursuit (e.g. of the truth)
a cornered rat will bite a cat; despair gives courage to a coward
the poor; the needy; the destitute
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
desperate measure; expedient of last resort
extremity; end; bound; limit
as eternal as heaven and earth
respiratory distress syndrome
study of natural laws; branch of neo-Confusianist scholarship
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
necessity is the mother of invention; there is always some way out of a difficulty if you really look for one
dying in miserable circumstances
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
a cornered rat will bite a cat; despair gives courage to a coward
there is nothing more that can be done; it's all over
even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter
to master thoroughly; to explore exhaustively; to push to the absolute limit; to complete to perfection
acute respiratory distress syndrome; ARDS
spring staple shortage (before the harvest of rice, wheat, barley, etc.)
god of poverty; vengeful spirit
a cornered rat will bite the cat; one who is cornered will fight like a devil
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
to be overcome with emotion
a cornered rat will bite a cat; despair gives courage to a coward
a cornered rat will bite a cat; despair gives courage to a coward
cornered; driven to the wall
even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
moto perpetuo; perpetual motion
Mabel's Strange Predicament
rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus); Korean rose