“To be at a loss” in Japanese
Short answer
To be at a loss in Japanese is “窮する” (kyuusuru). Full meaning: to be at a loss, to be puzzled, to be perplexed, to be at one's wit's end, to be in a dilemma, to not know what to (do, say, etc); to be pressed for, to be pinched for, to become poor, to be reduced to poverty.
Other ways to say “To be at a loss” in Japanese
思い惑う
omoimadou to be at a loss
思い余る
omoiamaru to not know how to act or what to do, to be at a loss
モヤる
moyaru to feel gloomy, to have doubts (e.g. about the future), to be at a loss (e.g. over what to do)
思い惑える
omoimadoeru to be at a loss
思いまどえる
omoimadoeru to be at a loss
おもいまどう
omoimadou to be at a loss
思いまどう
omoimadou to be at a loss
困る
komaru to be troubled, to have difficulty, to be in a fix, to be at a loss, to be stumped, to be embarrassed; to be bothered, to be inconvenienced, to be annoyed; to be badly off, to be hard up, to be in straitened circumstances
閉口
heikou to be stumped, to be at a loss, to be at one's wits' end, to be nonplussed; to be fed up, to be tired (of), to be unable to bear, to be annoyed
途方に暮れる
tohounikureru to be at a loss, to be puzzled
考えあぐねる
kangaeaguneru to be at a loss, to rack one's brains in vain, to think and think but get nowhere, to fail to come up with a good idea
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