逆境|ぎゃっきょうgyakkyou[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounadverse circumstances; unfortunate situation; adversity
   逆境ぎゃっきょうに直面ちょくめんしても彼女かのじょはにこにこしている。↗

   She carries on smiling even in the face of adversity.

• Synonym苦境くきょうWrittenWritten. A tight, trying situation; largely interchangeable with 「逆境」 but stresses the predicament itself, as in 「苦境に立つ」「苦境を脱する」.
• Related苦難くなんNeutralNeutral. Suffering and trials one endures; stresses the hardship suffered rather than the circumstances, as in 「苦難を乗り越える」.
• Related憂き目うきめWrittenWritten. Bitter, painful experiences; stresses meeting with misfortune, as in 「憂き目に遭う」.
• Related不幸せふしあわせNeutralNeutral. The state of being unhappy, the opposite of 「幸せ」; 「逆境」 is about external circumstances being unfavorable, not one's happiness.
• Related困難こんなんNeutralNeutral. Difficulty; stresses that a task or matter is hard to solve or carry out, not necessarily that one's situation is adverse.
• Related苦しみくるしみNeutralNeutral. Pain and anguish; stresses the feeling of suffering, while 「逆境」 stresses the situation one is in.
• Related困窮こんきゅうNeutralNeutral. Poverty and destitution; stresses being in financial straits or at a loss for a way out.
• Related辛苦しんくWrittenWritten. Toil and hardship; stresses the strain and labor of enduring difficulty.
• Related困苦こんくWrittenWritten. Privation and hardship, often tied to poverty as in 「困苦欠乏」; stresses the suffering itself, while 「逆境」 stresses the unfavorable situation.
• Related難儀なんぎNeutralNeutral. Trouble and hardship; in Kansai also being put out. Stresses the effort something takes.
• Related貧苦ひんくWrittenWritten. Suffering caused by poverty; stresses economic hardship, a narrower range than 「逆境」.
• Related悲境ひきょうWrittenWritten. Miserable, sad circumstances; rare, and 「逆境」 is the usual choice.
• Related御難ごなんNeutralNeutral. A polite term for 「災難」 or 「困難」, also the persecution Nichiren suffered; 「逆境」 names the unfavorable situation itself.
• Antonym順境じゅんきょうWrittenWritten. Antonym: circumstances where everything goes smoothly; the direct opposite of 「逆境」.
• Antonym恵まれた環境NeutralNeutral. Antonym: an environment blessed with favorable conditions; the opposite of the unfavorable 「逆境」.

Use 「逆境」 for unfortunate, unfavorable circumstances, as in 「逆境に強い」 or 「逆境を乗り越える」. For a tight predicament say 「苦境」, for hardships endured 「苦難」, for bitter experiences 「憂き目」; the antonym is 「順境」. 困難 covers difficult tasks, 苦しみ the feeling, and 困窮・貧苦 poverty.

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1. 不幸ふこうまたはつらい境遇きょうぐうや立場たちば。