休きゅうする

suru verb (special), intransitive verb

come to an end; be over; be hopeless

Literary or set-expression use meaning that a matter has reached its end, often with a nuance of there being no way out. Commonly encountered in fixed expressions such as 万事休す and 事ここに休す.

• 証しょう拠こを突つきつけられ、彼かれは万ばん事じ休きゅうすと悟さとった。

  Confronted with the evidence, he realized that it was all over.

• 資し金きんが尽つき、計けい画かくはここに休きゅうした。

  The funds ran out, and the plan came to an end there.

suru verb (special), intransitive verb

rest; take a rest

A literary or formal verb for resting; in ordinary modern conversation, 休む is the normal choice.

• 一いっ行こうは木こ陰かげにしばし休きゅうした。

  The party rested for a while in the shade of the trees.