窮する
きゅうする
Meanings
- する verb, Intransitive to be at a loss; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be at one's wit's end; to be in a dilemma; to not know what to (do, say, etc)
- to be pressed for; to be pinched for; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
Kanji
- 窮 cornered. Read as キュウ.
Example sentences
- 私は返答に窮した。
I was at a loss for an answer. - 私は言葉に窮した。
I didn't know how to express myself. - 彼は金に窮していた。
He was hard up. - 彼は言葉に窮した。
He didn't know how to express himself. - トムは言葉に窮した。
Tom was at loss for words.
Common phrases
- 返答に窮する (へんとうにきゅうする) to be embarrassed for a reply