窮きゅう余よ

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Meanings

1

extremity; desperation

Used almost exclusively in the set phrase 窮余の一策 (a desperate measure, a last resort). Rarely appears outside this compound.

彼かれが会かい社しゃを辞やめたのは窮きゅう余よの一いっ策さくだった。
His quitting the company was a desperate measure.
「窮きゅう余よの一いっ策さく」という表ひょう現げんは、追おい詰つめられた末すえの苦く肉にくの策さくを指さす。
The expression 窮余の一策 refers to a last-ditch plan born of desperation.

Expressions

窮きゅう余よの策さくdesperate measure; last resort
窮きゅう余よの一いっ策さくdesperate measure; last-ditch effort