Keyword
reach a limit
Info
FrequencyTop 1700-1800
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel Pre-2
Heisig1424
Readings
きわ
(2%)
Composed of
hole
one's body
bow (weapon)
Used in vocabulary (58 in total)
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
dilemma; predicament
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
Examples (7 in total)
These pajamas look like they'd be too tight on Tom now. Let's buy some new ones.
How did he make his living in such poverty?
Train compartments soon get cramped.
The president called on the people to unite in fighting poverty and disease.
We were financially troubled, in short, we were bankrupt.
Tom was at loss for words.
The city supplied the needy with blankets.