窮す

Reading

Kana: きゅうす
Romaji: kyūsu
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

v5s
vi
1

to be hard pressed; to be at a loss

See also: 窮する
2

to become poor; to be reduced to poverty

Kanji

Readings: キュウ、 キョウ、 きわ.める、 きわ.まる、 きわ.まり、 きわ.み
Meanings: hard up, destitute, suffer, perplexed, cornered

Example Sentences

(きゅう)すれば(つう)ず。
➥Necessity is the mother of invention.
Full Entry➤
(わたし)言葉(ことば)(きゅう)した。
➥I didn't know how to express myself.
Full Entry➤
結婚(けっこん)してくれと()われたとき、(わたし)言葉(ことば)(きゅう)した。
➥Asked to marry him, I was at a loss for words.
Full Entry➤
(かれ)言葉(ことば)(きゅう)した。
➥He didn't know how to express himself.
Full Entry➤
(わたし)返答(へんとう)(きゅう)した。
➥I was at a loss for an answer.
Full Entry➤
Find More