noun
Used almost exclusively in the set phrase 窮余の一策 (a desperate measure, a last resort). Rarely appears outside this compound.
彼が会社を辞めたのは窮余の一策だった。
His quitting the company was a desperate measure.
「窮余の一策」という表現は、追い詰められた末の苦肉の策を指す。
The expression 窮余の一策 refers to a last-ditch plan born of desperation.