苦境

くきょう

difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble

common word Also written 苦況

Meaning

n
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress

Example sentences

零細企業はインフレで苦境に陥っています。

Small enterprises are feeling the squeeze of inflation.
僕は彼を苦境から助け出すために少なからず骨を折った。

I took no little pains to help him out of the difficulty.
弁護士というものは、苦境を切り抜けるために、ささいな点についても徹底して調べ、同じことを反覆して調べてみることが大切である。

It is important that a lawyer should leave no stone unturned even on minor points and harp on the same subject to achieve a break through in an impasse.