窮鼠

Japanese

Kanji in this term
窮	鼠
きゅう Grade: S	そ Hyōgai
kan'on	kan'yōon

Alternative spelling
窮鼡

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʲɨːso̞]

Noun

窮(きゅう)鼠(そ) • (kyūso)  (counter 匹)

1. cornered rat
   • 2018, Susumu Hirasawa (lyrics and music), “遮眼大師”, in 回=回, performed by 核P-MODEL:

     周囲皆(しゅういみな)窮鼠(きゅうそ)

     Shūi mina kyūso

     Surrounded by cornered rats

Derived terms

• 窮鼠猫(きゅうそねこ)を噛(か)む (kyūso neko o kamu)

References

• “窮鼠”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
• “窮鼠” in Weblio Dictionary.