屈くっする

suru verb (special), intransitive verb

yield; give in; be daunted; shrink

Intransitive: to give in under pressure, difficulty, or threat; to lose one's nerve or resolve. Often used with に (to pressure, hardship, etc.).

• 彼かれは困こん難なんに屈くっしなかった。

  He did not yield to the difficulties.

• 脅きょう迫はくに屈くっしてはいけない。

  You must not give in to threats.

suru verb (special), transitive verb

bend; bow

Transitive: to bend a body part, especially the knee. Often used in the phrase 膝を屈する (to kneel, to bend one's knee).

• 彼かれは王おうの前まえで膝ひざを屈くっした。

  He bent his knee before the king.

suru verb (special), transitive verb

subdue; overpower

Transitive: to overcome or subdue someone or something, often in a contest or conflict. Somewhat literary.

• 彼かれは敵てきを力ちからで屈くっした。

  He overpowered the enemy by force.

suru verb (special), intransitive verb

feel down; be depressed

Archaic intransitive use: to feel disheartened or down. Not used in modern Japanese; replaced by 落ち込む or 気がめいる.

• 古こ典てんでは「心こころ屈くっする」のように使つかわれた。

  In classical texts, it was used as in 心屈する (to feel down).