困こん苦く窮きゅう乏ぼうじ字FuriganaAudioMeanings1nounhardships and privations; extreme poverty and sufferingyojijukugo (four-character idiom)›A formal, literary yojijukugo describing a state of severe hardship and destitution. Often used in written or rhetorical contexts.戦せん後ご、多おおくの人ひと々びとが困こん苦く窮きゅう乏ぼうの生せい活かつを強しいられた。Break this sentence down in the analyzerAfter the war, many people were forced into a life of hardships and privations.彼かれの小しょう説せつは困こん苦く窮きゅう乏ぼうにあえぐ農のう民みんの姿すがたを描えがいている。Break this sentence down in the analyzerHis novel depicts farmers struggling with extreme poverty and suffering.