悲ひ境きょう

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.

• 彼かれは悲ひ境きょうにあっても希き望ぼうを失うしなわなかった。

  Even in adversity, he did not lose hope.

• その小しょう説せつは主しゅ人じん公こうの悲ひ境きょうを描えがいている。

  The novel depicts the protagonist's sad circumstances.