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    3. 切羽詰まる

    切羽詰まる

    切せっ羽ぱ詰つま​る​

    to be at one's wits' end

    KMT9News #28+1Verb, IntransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab27 strokes

    切羽詰るせっぱ詰まる切羽つまるせっぱ詰る

    せっぱつまる

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to be at one's wits' end, to be cornered, to be in a fix, to be in a desperate situation, to be in a pinch, to be in a predicament, to be packed to the hilt

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    彼かれは切せっ羽ぱ詰つまっている。

    He is in a desperate situation.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    締しめ切きりが迫せまり、切せっ羽ぱ詰つまった状じょう況きょうだ。

    The deadline is approaching, and it's a desperate situation.

    KMT9Work & CareerEmotions & Psychology
    試し験けん前まえで切せっ羽ぱ詰つまって、徹てつ夜やで勉べん強きょうした。

    Being at my wits' end before the exam, I studied all night.

    KMT9EducationEmotions & Psychology
    交こう渉しょうが難なん航こうし、切せっ羽ぱ詰つまった状じょう況きょうで最さい終しゅう的てきな決けつ断だんが迫せまられた。

    Negotiations were difficult, and a final decision was pressed in a desperate situation.

    KMT9Work & CareerPolitics & LawEmotions & Psychology
    資し金きん繰ぐりが切せっ羽ぱ詰つまり、会かい社しゃは倒とう産さんの危き機きに瀕ひんしている。

    With finances at their wits' end, the company is on the verge of bankruptcy.

    KMT10Business & FinanceEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    切
    き.る・-き.る・き.り・-き.り・-ぎ.り・き.れる…(9)
    cut・cutoff・be sharp
    Kanji
    羽
    は・わ・はね…(3)
    feathers・counter for birds, rabbits
    Kanji
    詰
    つ.める・つ.め・-づ.め・つ.まる・つ.む…(4)
    packed・close・pressed・reprove・rebuke…(1)
    Kanji
    ま
    ma
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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