あぐねる – Vocabulary details

あぐねる

Verb (1-dan, intransitive)

Usually written in kana

1. to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

usu. after the -masu stem of a verb

あ

ぐね

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ぐねる

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

to be at a loss how to continue an offensive; to be frustrated by impregnable defences

to rack one's brains without getting anywhere; to mull over endlessly; to be unable to make up one's mind

私わたしはどの車くるまを買かうか決きめあぐねています。

I can't decide which car to buy.

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