苦しいときの神頼み。

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苦しい とき の 神頼み 。

English Translation

Danger past, God forgotten.

Furigana

苦(くる)しいときの神頼(かみだの)み。

Romanji

Kurushii toki no kamidanomi.

Words

苦しい (くるしい)

painful; difficult; agonizing; needy; tight (budget); straitened (circumstances); forced (smile, joke); lame (excuse); strained (interpretation); awkward (situation); painful (position); (after masu stem) hard to do; unpleasant

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

神頼み (かみだのみ)

entreaty to a deity

Kanji

苦

Readings: ク、 くる.しい、 -ぐる.しい、 くる.しむ、 くる.しめる、 にが.い、 にが.る

Meanings: suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl

神

Readings: シン、 ジン、 かみ、 かん-、 こう-

Meanings: gods, mind, soul

頼

Readings: ライ、 たの.む、 たの.もしい、 たよ.る

Meanings: trust, request