ジレンマ

also: ディレンマ

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

noun

dilemma

A situation requiring a difficult choice between two or more alternatives, often with undesirable outcomes. Used in both everyday and formal contexts.

彼かれは仕し事ごとを続つづけるか辞やめるか、ジレンマに陥おちいっている。
He is caught in a dilemma over whether to continue his job or quit.
経けい済ざい成せい長

ちょう

と

環かん

境きょう

保ほ

護ご

の

間あいだ

に

は

ジレンマ

が

ある

。

There is a dilemma between economic growth and environmental protection.

Written forms

ジレンマUsage94%
Standard katakana spelling for the loanword 'dilemma'.
ディレンマUsage6%
Less common variant spelling; no priority markers are specified.

Etymology

Borrowed from English 'dilemma', ultimately from Greek 'dilēmma' (double proposition).