Words — 25 found
くきょう
苦境
1. difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
苦況 【くきょう】
苦況: Rarely-used kanji form.
たちば
立場がない
1. being left in an awkward position; being put in a dilemma; losing face; losing one's credibility; being disgraced
立場が無い 【たちばがない】
たおうじょう
立ち往生
1. being brought to a standstill; being stranded; getting stuck; stalling; deadlock
- わたし私
- は
- びょういん病院
- へ
- い行く
- とちゅう途中 、
- こうつうじゅうたい交通渋滞
- に
- あって
- たちおうじょう立ち往生
- して
- しまった 。
2. being stumped; being in a dilemma; stopping in one's tracks; standing speechless
- フランスごフランス語
- の
- せんせい先生
- は
- せいと生徒
- の
- しつもん質問
- に
- たちおうじょう立ち往生
- した 。
3. dying while standing (and remaining standing); dying on one's feet
立往生 【たちおうじょう】
1. (nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive
2. proper place to die
3. dilemma; predicament; inescapable situation
きわ
極まる
1. to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; to terminate; to come to an end
2. extremelyafter adjectival noun. e.g. 退屈極まる話
3. to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be at a lossesp. 窮まる. occ. 谷まる
4. to be decided; to be settled
窮まる 【きわまる】
しんたいきわ
進退窮まる
1. to be driven into a corner; to be left with nowhere to turn; to be in a dilemma
2. to be unable to go forward or backward; to be stranded; to get stuck
進退きわまる 【しんたいきわまる】
たせ
立つ瀬がない
1. being left in an awkward position; being put in a dilemma; being in a fix; losing face
立つ瀬が無い 【たつせがない】
1. 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)
2. to be pressed for; to be pinched for; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
いたばさ
板挟み
1. being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands
板ばさみ 【いたばさみ】