窮鼠噛猫

きゅうそごうびょう

A cornered rat will bite the cat, One who is cornered will fight like a devil

窮鼠猫を噛む

きゅうそねこをかむ

a cornered rat will bite a cat, despair turns cowards courageous

鼠

ねずみ ネズミ ねず

mouse, rat

窮追

きゅうつい

cornered, driven to the wall

窮策

きゅうさく

desperate measure, expedient of last resort

窮鳥

きゅうちょう

cornered bird

窮余

きゅうよ

extremity, desperation

窮民

きゅうみん

poor people, the poor

窮鬼

god of poverty

窮地

きゅうち

dilemma, predicament

窮理

きゅうり

study of natural laws

貧窮

ひんきゅう

great poverty

窮状

きゅうじょう

distress, wretched condition

窮迫

きゅうはく

financial difficulty, distress

窮境

きゅうきょう

predicament

無窮

むきゅう

eternity, infinitude, immortality

窮乏

きゅうぼう

poverty, destitution, privation, indigence, penury

窮屈

きゅうくつ

narrow, tight, cramped

窮す

きゅうす

to be hard pressed, to be at a loss