noun
adversity; sad circumstances; misfortune
A somewhat literary or formal noun referring to a state of hardship or unfortunate situation. Not an everyday conversational word; more common in written or elevated contexts.
彼は悲境にあっても希望を失わなかった。
Even in adversity, he did not lose hope.
その小説は主人公の悲境を描いている。
The novel depicts the protagonist's sad circumstances.
Compound of 悲 (sadness, grief) and 境 (boundary, situation). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word is conventionally associated with the meaning of a sorrowful state or condition.