困った, こまった
Expression, Noun or verb acting prenominally
1. unmanageable, impossible, hopeless
2. inopportune, uncomfortable, inconvenient, embarrassing, annoying, awkward
3. disturbing, distressing
困る, こまる
Conjugated: 困った
Godan verb, Intransitive
1. to be troubled, to have difficulty, to be in a fix, to be at a loss, to be stumped, to be embarrassed
2. to be bothered, to be inconvenienced, to be annoyed
3. to be badly off, to be hard up, to be in straitened circumstances
騒音でこまっている。
時に, ときに
Conjunction
1. by the way, incidentally
Adverb
2. sometimes, occasionally, on occasion
3. precisely (at that time), exactly, just (then), right (then)
時に鈴木の件について聞いたか。
こそ
Particle, emphasizes preceding word or phrase
1. it is ... that ..., precisely, in particular, definitely, for sure, only (when, after, because, etc.)
as こそあれ, こそすれ, こそするが, etc.
2. although, while, it is the case that ... but
after conditional -ba form of verb
3. it is precisely because ... that ..., only because ...
formal or literary term, after -nai stem of verb + ば
4. not at all, not in the slightest, absolutely not, never
辛抱こそ大事なんだ。
くっそ, 苦蘇, こそ, クッソ, コソ
Usually in kana
kousso (African flowering plant, Hagenia abyssinica), kosso, cusso, koso, brayera