窮状|きゅうじょうkyuujou[0]heiban (flat)

1. noundistress; wretched condition

• Synonym苦境くきょうNeutralA difficult situation or adversity, stressing the hardship of one's position; 「窮状」 stresses the concrete wretched state, often in appeals and reports.
• Synonym困窮こんきゅうWrittenWritten/formal: poverty and hardship in daily life, stressing financial straits, as in 「生活に困窮する」.
• Synonym窮迫きゅうはくWrittenWritten/formal: financial distress, stressing tight funds, as in 「財政の窮迫」.
• Related困難こんなんNeutralThe broadest, most everyday word for difficulty; it does not specifically denote a wretched, distressed plight.
• Related難局なんきょくNeutralA difficult situation or phase, stressing a crisis that must be dealt with, as in 「難局を乗り切る」.
• Antonym安泰あんたいWrittenWritten/formal antonym: peace and security, free from worry — the opposite of a distressed 「窮状」.
• Antonym余裕よゆうNeutralAntonym: leeway and composure, having room in time, money or mind — the opposite of 「窮状」.

Plights of hardship and distress take 「窮状」, as in 「窮状を訴える」 and 「被災地の窮状」. For a difficult position say 「苦境」, for poverty 「困窮」, for a crisis to ride out 「難局」; the opposite is 「余裕」.

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1. 苦くるしいありさま。困窮こんきゅうした状況じょうきょう。苦境くきょう。