困る

Meanings

1. to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be in a fix; to be at a loss; to be stumped; to be embarrassed
2. to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be annoyed
3. to be badly off; to be hard up; to be in straitened circumstances

Part of speech: godan verb (る), intransitive

Kanji

• 困

  Meanings

  quandary, become distressed, annoyed

  On reading

  コン

  Kun reading

  こま.る

  Strokes

  7

Example sentences

• 困ったら私に助けを求めなさい。

  Turn to me for help if you are in difficulty.

  Tatoeba #171017 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 騒音でこまっている。

  The noise bothers me.

  Tatoeba #140250 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 僕はしばしばお金に困る。

  I am often in difficulties.

  Tatoeba #82088 · CC BY 2.0 FR