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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -straitened-, *straitened*, straiten, straitene
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straitened

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary
落とす(P);落す[おとす, otosu] (v5s, vt) (1) to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind; (2) to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose; to spend money at a certain place; to omit; to leave out; to secretly let escape; (3) to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to fail (a course); to defeat (in an election); (4) to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice); to lessen (e.g. production or body weight); to worsen (quality); to reduce (e.g. rank or popularity); to speak badly of; to make light of; to fall into straitened circumstances; (5) to fall into (e.g. a dilemma or sin); to make one's own; to have one's bid accepted; to force surrender; to take (e.g. an enemy camp or castle); to forcefully convince; to press for a confession; to deal with; (6) { comp } to download; to copy from a computer to another medium; (7) { MA } to make someone swoon (judo); (8) to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line); (9) to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting); (P) #10,232 [Add to Longdo]
苦しい[くるしい, kurushii] (adj-i) (1) painful; difficult; agonizing; (2) (See 苦しい懐・くるしいふところ) needy; tight (budget); straitened (circumstances); (3) (See 苦しい言い訳・くるしいいいわけ) forced (smile, joke); lame (excuse); strained (interpretation); (4) awkward (situation); painful (position); (suf, adj-i) (5) (often ぐるしい) (See 寝苦しい・ねぐるしい, 聞き苦しい・ききぐるしい, 見苦しい・みぐるしい) (after masu stem) hard to do; unpleasant; (P) [Add to Longdo]
落魄[らくはく, rakuhaku] (n, vs) being reduced to poverty; living in poverty; coming down in the world; straitened (reduced) circumstances [Add to Longdo]
零落[れいらく, reiraku] (n, vs) falling into straitened circumstances; downfall; ruin [Add to Longdo]

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Straiten \Strait"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Straitened}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Straitening}.]
     1. To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to
        confine.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Waters, when straitened, as at the falls of bridges,
              give a roaring noise.                 --Bacon.
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              In narrow circuit, straitened by a foe. --Milton.
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     2. To make tense, or tight; to tighten.
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              They straiten at each end the cord.   --Pope.
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     3. To restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of means
        or conditions of life; -- used chiefly in the past
        participle; -- as, a man straitened in his circumstances.
        [1913 Webster]

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