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切羽詰まる [news2,nf28] ； 切羽詰る； せっぱ詰まる； 切羽つまる
【 せっぱつまる [news2,nf28] 】
1. [v5r,vi]
▶ 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
▶ [lit] to be packed to the hilt
Cross references:
  ⇔ see: 2670880 切羽【せっぱ】 2. (up to) the hilt; wits' end

Conjugations


History:
11. A 2022-12-10 05:08:46  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
The kokugos have "切羽詰（ま）る", and the JEs 切羽詰まる, which is the modern form.  I think the latter should lead.
  Diff: 
@@ -4,3 +3,0 @@
-<k_ele>
-<keb>切羽詰る</keb>
-</k_ele>
@@ -10,0 +8,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>切羽詰る</keb>
10. A* 2022-12-10 04:55:14  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーー─┬─────────┬───────╮
│ 切羽詰る　　 │   5,764 │ 45.3% │ 🡠 adding (daijr/s, shinmeikai)
│ 切羽詰まる　 │   3,862 │ 30.3% │
│ せっぱ詰まる │   1,157 │  9.1% │
│ 切羽つまる　 │     526 │  4.1% │
│ せっぱ詰る　 │       0 │  0.0% │
│ せっぱつまる │   1,416 │ 11.1% │
├─ーーーーーー─┼─────────┼───────┤
│ 切羽詰っ　　 │ 111,369 │ 49.6% │
│ 切羽詰まっ　 │  60,238 │ 26.8% │
│ せっぱ詰まっ │  24,947 │ 11.1% │
│ 切羽つまっ　 │   6,942 │  3.1% │
│ せっぱ詰っ　 │     409 │  0.2% │
│ せっぱつまっ │  20,522 │  9.1% │
╰─ーーーーーー─┴─────────┴───────╯
  Diff: 
@@ -3,0 +4,3 @@
+<k_ele>
+<keb>切羽詰る</keb>
+</k_ele>
9. A 2022-10-02 04:33:17  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
https://grammarist.com/spelling/at-wits-end/
  Comments: 
Both are OK but I prefer "wits'".
  Diff: 
@@ -24 +24 @@
-<gloss>to be at one's wit's end</gloss>
+<gloss>to be at one's wits' end</gloss>
8. A* 2022-10-02 01:58:23  Kyle Ong <...address hidden...>
  Diff: 
@@ -24,2 +24 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="2670880">切羽・せっぱ・2</xref>
-<gloss>to be at one's wits' end</gloss>
+<gloss>to be at one's wit's end</gloss>
@@ -26,0 +26,4 @@
+<gloss>to be in a fix</gloss>
+<gloss>to be in a desperate situation</gloss>
+<gloss>to be in a pinch</gloss>
+<gloss>to be in a predicament</gloss>
7. A 2012-10-08 22:26:13  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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