てづまり

Japanese

Alternative spellings
手詰まり 手詰り

Etymology

From 手(て) (te) + 詰(つ)まり (tsumari, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 詰(つ)まる (tsumaru).”). The tsumari changes to zumari as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) てづ​まり [tèzúꜜmàrì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [te̞zɨᵝma̠ɾʲi]

Noun

てづまり • (tezumari) ^{←てづまり (tedumari)?}

1. at a dead end; in an impasse