窮きゅうする

suru verb (special), intransitive verb

be at a loss; be puzzled; not know what to do

Describes a mental state of being stuck, unable to decide or act, often due to a difficult situation or lack of options.

• 彼かれの突とつ然ぜんの質しつ問もんに窮きゅうしてしまった。

  I was at a loss for words at his sudden question.

• どう答こたえていいか窮きゅうした。

  I didn't know how to answer.

suru verb (special), intransitive verb

be hard up; be in financial difficulty; be reduced to poverty

Refers specifically to financial hardship or lack of money; often used with 金に or 生活に.

• 彼かれは金かねに窮きゅうして、友ゆう人じんに借しゃっ金きんを頼たのんだ。

  He was hard up for money and asked a friend for a loan.

• 失しつ業ぎょうして生せい活かつに窮きゅうしている。

  Having lost his job, he is in financial difficulty.