The Ultra Handy Japanese and English Example Sentence Finder
Enter an English word or Japanese characters to find example Japanese and English sentences
Example sentences including '窮'
Heads Up
These sentences are mainly from the
Tanaka Corpus and Tatoeaba project.
Read more
Click on the speaker icons to hear the Japanese spoken.
Text to speech functionality by Responsive Voice
I didn't know how to express myself.
私は言葉に窮した。
He will wriggle out of the fix.
窮地から足掻き出る。
The president called on the people to unite in fighting poverty and disease.
大統領は国民に貧窮や病気との戦いで団結するように呼びかけた。
How did he make his living in such poverty?
彼はそんな窮乏の中でどうやって暮らしていたのか。
"I don't think she's an opponent you can ignore like that ..." "That's right, they say a cornered rat bites back, don't they?"
「そんなに舐められた相手じゃないけどなぁ・・・」「そうだよ、窮鼠猫を噛むって言うじゃないか」
The boss is hard to get along with. But if I try to talk to him about problems I have at work he might have a little heart. Even a hunter can't kill a bird who flies to him for protection.
He has been in deep water since he got fired from his job.
彼は仕事をくびになってから困窮している。
Good grief! I had no idea you had been placed in such a tight spot.
まさかそのような窮地に立たされているとは露知らず。
The city supplied the needy with blankets.
市は困窮者に毛布を供給した。
Tom was at loss for words.
トムは言葉に窮した。
He did not know how to express himself.
彼は言葉に窮した。
Famine caused great distress among the people.
飢饉が人々にひどい窮乏をもたらした。
We were financially troubled, in short, we were bankrupt.
我々は財政的に困窮していた。要するに破産したのだ。
She got into hot water when her boyfriend called her at work.
ボーイフレンドが職場に電話をかけてきたために、彼女は窮地に陥った。
I wouldn't push him too far. You don't know what he might do. I'd say you can't be too careful. They say even a doomed mouse will bite a cat if he has no choice.