窮屈

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Chinese

exhausted; poor bent; feel wronged
trad. (窮屈) 窮 屈
simp. (穷屈) 穷 屈

Pronunciation

Adjective

窮屈

  1. (literary) impoverished; poverty-stricken

Verb

窮屈

  1. (literary) to exhaust; to use up
  2. (literary) to submit; to yield; to capitulate; to obey

Japanese

Kanji in this term
窮 屈
きゅう
Grade: S 		くつ
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Adjective

窮(きゅう)屈(くつ) • (kyūkutsu) -na (adnominal 窮(きゅう)屈(くつ)な (kyūkutsu na), adverbial 窮(きゅう)屈(くつ)に (kyūkutsu ni))

  1. tight, cramped, tight-fitting, rigid, uncomfortable, uneasy
    窮屈な下着
    a tight underwear
  2. narrow
    窮屈な部屋
    a narrow room
  3. illiberal, oppressive, uncomfortable
    窮屈な家庭
    an illiberal family

Inflection

Inflection of 窮屈
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 窮屈だろ きゅうくつだろ kyūkutsu daro
Continuative (連用形) 窮屈で きゅうくつで kyūkutsu de
Terminal (終止形) 窮屈だ きゅうくつだ kyūkutsu da
Attributive (連体形) 窮屈な きゅうくつな kyūkutsu na
Hypothetical (仮定形) 窮屈なら きゅうくつなら kyūkutsu nara
Imperative (命令形) 窮屈であれ きゅうくつであれ kyūkutsu de are
Key constructions
Informal negative 窮屈ではない
窮屈じゃない 		きゅうくつではない
きゅうくつじゃない 		kyūkutsu de wa nai
kyūkutsu ja nai
Informal past 窮屈だった きゅうくつだった kyūkutsu datta
Informal negative past 窮屈ではなかった
窮屈じゃなかった 		きゅうくつではなかった
きゅうくつじゃなかった 		kyūkutsu de wa nakatta
kyūkutsu ja nakatta
Formal 窮屈です きゅうくつです kyūkutsu desu
Formal negative 窮屈ではありません
窮屈じゃありません 		きゅうくつではありません
きゅうくつじゃありません 		kyūkutsu de wa arimasen
kyūkutsu ja arimasen
Formal past 窮屈でした きゅうくつでした kyūkutsu deshita
Formal negative past 窮屈ではありませんでした
窮屈じゃありませんでした 		きゅうくつではありませんでした
きゅうくつじゃありませんでした 		kyūkutsu de wa arimasen deshita
kyūkutsu ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive 窮屈で きゅうくつで kyūkutsu de
Conditional 窮屈なら（ば） きゅうくつなら（ば） kyūkutsu nara (ba)
Provisional 窮屈だったら きゅうくつだったら kyūkutsu dattara
Volitional 窮屈だろう きゅうくつだろう kyūkutsu darō
Adverbial 窮屈に きゅうくつに kyūkutsu ni
Degree 窮屈さ きゅうくつさ kyūkutsusa

Synonyms

Antonyms

Noun

窮(きゅう)屈(くつ) • (kyūkutsu) 

  1. tightness, rigidity, uncomfortableness
  2. narrowness
  3. illiberality, oppressiveness, uncomfortableness

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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