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苦境 [news1,nf11] ； 苦況 [rK]
【 くきょう [news1,nf11] 】
1. [n]
▶ difficult situation
▶ adverse circumstances
▶ predicament
▶ trouble
▶ dilemma
▶ distress



History:
6. A 2022-08-15 01:03:02  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
5. A* 2022-08-14 19:57:56  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
The kokugos have 苦境 and 苦況 split into separate entries, but the difference seems very subtle.
苦境: 苦しい立場・境遇
苦況: 苦しい状況・ありさま

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーー─┬─────────┬───────╮
│ 苦境　　 │ 176,850 │ 98.3% │
│ 苦況　　 │   3,054 │  1.7% │ 🡠 rK (daijr/s, koj)
│ くきょう │     943 │  N/A  │
╰─ーーーー─┴─────────┴───────╯
  Diff: 
@@ -10,0 +11 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
4. A 2018-11-22 00:26:08  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2018-11-21 22:45:15  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
gg5, prog
  Comments: 
Revising glosses.
  Diff: 
@@ -18,0 +19,3 @@
+<gloss>difficult situation</gloss>
+<gloss>adverse circumstances</gloss>
+<gloss>predicament</gloss>
@@ -20,4 +23,2 @@
-<gloss>crisis</gloss>
-<gloss>predicament</gloss>
-<gloss>squeeze</gloss>
-<gloss>pinch</gloss>
+<gloss>dilemma</gloss>
+<gloss>distress</gloss>
2. A 2012-06-02 03:17:12  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
no kokugo merges.  there must be a distinction, but i fail to see it
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