| 窮す | [きゅうす, kyuusu] (v5s, vi) (1) (See 窮する) to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; (2) to become poor; to be reduced to poverty [Add to Longdo] |
| 窮する | [きゅうする, kyuusuru] (vs-s, vi) (1) to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; (2) to become poor; to be reduced to poverty [Add to Longdo] |
| 窮すれば通ず | [きゅうすればつうず, kyuusurebatsuuzu] (exp) Necessity is the mother of invention; There is always some way out of a difficulty if you really look for one [Add to Longdo] |
| Necessity is the mother of invention. | 窮すれば通ず。 |
| I would be in a worse spot then, trying to explain why I beat it. | [JP] 逃げた理由を聞かれたら 答えに窮する Detour (1945) | |
| I-I never know what to tell them. | [JP] 何時も答えに窮する Q&A (2012) |