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きゅうち
窮地
から
あが
足掻

He will wriggle out of the fix.
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
noun
dilemma; predicament
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3 1
Most common form: あがき
noun
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)  (often written with kana only)
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1
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to leave; to exit; to go out; to come out; to get out  (opposite: 入る)
2. to leave (on a journey); to depart; to start out; to set out
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Kanji
キュウ   きわまる to reach an extreme   きわめる to go to extremes   
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シン   み body, person   
キュウ   ゆみ a bow   
ケツ   あな hole   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
roof   
チ   ジ    ground   
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ヤ   to be
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
ソク   あし foot; leg   た to add   た    たりる to be sufficient   
to scratch   
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チュウ   むし insect   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
dot   
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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stick   
また again   
hand
シュツ   スイ   だ to take out, to put out   で to go out, to exit   
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