絶ぜっ句く

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

be lost for words; become speechless

Describes a moment when someone is so shocked, moved, or overwhelmed that they cannot speak. Often used with する.

• あまりの驚おどろきに絶ぜっ句くした。

  I was so surprised that I was lost for words.

• 彼かれの失しつ礼れいな発はつ言げんに、彼かの女じょは絶ぜっ句くした。

  She was speechless at his rude remark.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

jueju (Chinese quatrain)

A classical Chinese poetic form with four lines of five or seven syllables each. Also used in Japanese poetry. See 五言絶句 and 七言絶句.

See also: 五言絶句 · 七言絶句

• 漢かん詩しの絶ぜっ句くは、四よん行ぎょうから成なる短みじかい詩しです。

  A jueju in Chinese poetry is a short poem consisting of four lines.