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逼塞
ひっそく
1. [n,vs,vi]
▶ being trapped (and having no way out)
2. [n,vs,vi]
▶ withdrawal from society during personal financial hardship
3. [n,vs,vi] [hist]
▶ house arrest (Edo period)

Conjugations


History:
4. A 2022-07-04 16:14:40  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -14,3 +14 @@
-<gloss>being trapped</gloss>
-<gloss>being cornered</gloss>
-<gloss>being blocked</gloss>
+<gloss>being trapped (and having no way out)</gloss>
3. A 2022-07-03 21:43:55  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Odd characters.
  Diff:
@@ -15 +15 @@
-<gloss>being cornered​</gloss>
+<gloss>being cornered</gloss>
@@ -29 +29 @@
-<gloss>house arrest (Edo period)​</gloss>
+<gloss>house arrest (Edo period)</gloss>
2. A 2022-07-03 08:22:31  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2022-07-03 00:20:43  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
meikyo, iwakoku, and GG5 have these three senses.

daijr/s, shinmeikai, and oukoku do not have sense [1]

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
| 逼塞   | 5,922 |
| ひっそく |   306 |
  Diff:
@@ -13,2 +13,17 @@
-<gloss>being blocked (and contained)</gloss>
-<gloss>reduced circumstances</gloss>
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
+<gloss>being trapped</gloss>
+<gloss>being cornered​</gloss>
+<gloss>being blocked</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<pos>&vs;</pos>
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
+<gloss>withdrawal from society during personal financial hardship</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<pos>&vs;</pos>
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
+<misc>&hist;</misc>
+<gloss>house arrest (Edo period)​</gloss>

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