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絶体絶命； 絶対絶命 [iK]
【 ぜったいぜつめい 】
1. [n,adj-no,adj-na] [yoji]
▶ desperate situation with no escape
▶ being driven into a corner
▶ being cornered
▶ last extremity
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2844961 絶体【ぜったい】 1. desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity



History:
9. A 2017-05-24 12:45:03  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
8. A* 2017-05-24 07:50:59  Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
  Diff: 
@@ -19 +19 @@
-<gloss>desperate situation</gloss>
+<gloss>desperate situation with no escape</gloss>
@@ -23 +22,0 @@
-<gloss>unable to escape</gloss>
7. A* 2017-05-24 07:48:38  Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
gg5 koj daijs
  Comments: 
I think stalemate should go as well
  Diff: 
@@ -23 +23 @@
-<gloss>stalemate</gloss>
+<gloss>unable to escape</gloss>
6. A* 2017-05-23 11:51:58  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
Wikip: "A catch-22 is a paradoxical situation from which an individual cannot escape because of contradictory rules. The term was coined by Joseph Heller, who used it in his 1961 novel Catch-22."
  Comments: 
I think the key thing about 絶体絶命 is the element of desperation. A Catch-22 situation doesn't necessarily have that, IMHO.
  Diff: 
@@ -20,0 +21,2 @@
+<gloss>being cornered</gloss>
+<gloss>last extremity</gloss>
@@ -22 +23,0 @@
-<gloss>catch-22 (situation)</gloss>
5. A* 2017-05-22 14:01:38  Amen Lernsky <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
http://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=絶体絶命
  Diff: 
@@ -21,0 +22 @@
+<gloss>catch-22 (situation)</gloss>
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