JLPT N2 Upper Intermediate
途方
Used in set phrases to express being completely at a loss or describing an extraordinary scale.
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途方に暮れる expression
途方もない i-adjective
1 Expression
To be at a loss
Refers to a direction or means, appearing almost exclusively in an idiom describing a state of complete helplessness.
Example
急に 飛行機 が 欠航 に なり 、 どう すれば いい か 途方 に 暮れて いる 。
My flight was suddenly canceled, and I'm at a loss as to what I should do.
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2 I-adjective (as 途方もない)
Extraordinary / Absurd
Describes something extraordinary or absurd that defies common sense, exclusively used in a specific negative adjectival phrase.
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