進退窮まる

しんたいきわまるshintaikiwamaru

expression · godan verb

  1. to be driven into a corner
  2. to be left with nowhere to turn
  3. to be in a dilemma
  4. to be unable to go forward or backward
  5. to be stranded
  6. to get stuck

Kanji in this word

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences