| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| 困難 | こんなん | difficulty, distress |
| 貧困 | ひんこん | poverty, lack |
| 困惑 | こんわく | bewilderment, disturbance |
| 困り果てる | こまりはてる | to be greatly perplexed, to be greatly embarrassed |
| 困る | こまる | to be troubled, to be worried, to be bothered, to be embarrassed, to be stumped |
| 困窮 | こんきゅう | poverty, distress |
| 困らせる | こまらせる | to trouble with questions, to embarrass, to put out, to put on the spot, to inconvenience |
| 困り者 | こまりもの | good-for-nothing, scapegrace, nuisance, trouble |
| 困り切る | こまりきる | to be greatly perplexed, to be greatly embarrassed |
| 困苦 | こんく | privation, hardship |