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
The four-character idiom 絶体絶命 expresses a hopeless situation with no escape.
desperate situation; no way out; last extremity
Abbreviation of the four-character idiom 絶体絶命 (ぜったいぜつめい), which literally means 'cut off body, cut off life' and describes an inescapable crisis.