Word Meaning 窮する

きゅうする kyuusuru

窮する is read as きゅうする (kyuusuru) and means to be pressed for.

Meaning

English

  1. to be pressed for
  2. to be pinched for
  3. to become poor
  4. to be reduced to poverty
  5. to be at a loss
  6. to be puzzled
  7. to be perplexed
  8. to be at one's wit's end

Reading

Kana

きゅうする

Romaji

kyuusuru

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Antonyms 通じる Rank 138495 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

窮屈

きゅうくつ

tight (e.g. finances)

窮乏

きゅうぼう

poverty

窮地

きゅうち

dilemma

窮状

きゅうじょう

distress

窮余

きゅうよ

extremity

窮余の一策

きゅうよのいっさく

desperate measure

窮措大

きゅうそだい

poor student (scholar)

窮民

きゅうみん

poor people

窮余の策

きゅうよのさく

desperate measure

窮すれば通ず

きゅうすればつうず

necessity is the mother of invention

言葉に窮する

ことばにきゅうする

to be at a loss for words

進退窮まる

しんたいきわまる

to be driven into a corner