絶ぜっ体たい

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', na-adjective

desperate situation; no escape; cornered

Abbreviation of 絶体絶命. Used to describe a hopeless predicament from which there is no way out. Almost always appears in the compound 絶体絶命; standalone use is rare.

See also: 絶体絶命

• 「絶ぜっ体たい絶ぜつ命めい」という四よ字じ熟じゅく語ごは、逃にげ場ばのない絶ぜつ望ぼう的てきな状じょう況きょうを表あらわす。

  The four-character idiom 絶体絶命 expresses a hopeless situation with no escape.