春窮

Reading

Kana: しゅんきゅう

Romaji: shunkyū

Definition

noun

1

spring staple shortage (before the harvest of rice, wheat, barley, etc.)

Kanji

春

Readings: シュン、 はる

Meanings: springtime, spring (season)

窮

Readings: キュウ、 キョウ、 きわ.める、 きわ.まる、 きわ.まり、 きわ.み

Meanings: hard up, destitute, suffer, perplexed, cornered