Japanese

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Alternative spellings
手詰まり
手詰り

Etymology

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From () (te) + ()まり (tsumari, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb ()まる (tsumaru).). The tsumari changes to zumari as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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てづまり (tezumariてづまり (tedumari)?

  1. at a dead end; in an impasse

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN