羽目

Japanese edit

Etymology edit

Kanji in this term
羽	目
は Grade: 2	め Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Verbal noun of 嵌(は)める (hameru, “to fix; to entrap”). The kanji is ateji (当て字).

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) はめ [hàméꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ha̠me̞]

Noun edit

羽(は)目(め) • (hame)

panel; board
trouble; situation
結(けっ)局(きょく)手(て)伝(つだ)わされる羽目(はめ)になる。
Kekkyoku tetsudawasareru hame ni naru.
Finally I was forced to help him.

References edit

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

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