[yaē] (v) EN: suffer hardship ; be in straitened circumstances ; be in the soup ; be down and out ; be in a bad way ; bear the brunt ; be in the red

WordNet (3.0) WordNet (3.0)

straiten

(v) bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship, Syn. distress

straiten

(v) squeeze together

hard up

(adj) not having enough money to pay for necessities, Syn. pinched, in straitened circumstances, penurious, penniless, impecunious

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Straiten

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

In narrow circuit, straitened by a foe. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make tense, or tight; to tighten. [ 1913 Webster ]

They straiten at each end the cord. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN 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) #10232

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)

落魄

[らくはく, rakuhaku] (n, vs) being reduced to poverty; living in poverty; coming down in the world; straitened (reduced) circumstances

零落

[れいらく, reiraku] (n, vs) falling into straitened circumstances; downfall; ruin

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

beschränken | beschränkend

to straiten | straitening

beschränkt

straitens

beschränkt

straitened

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