Illustration: Outside an apartment door, a resident balances two heavy grocery bags and a sleeping toddler while trying to reach a key trapped deep in a trouser pocket. One bag has begun tearing, and a carton of eggs tilts through the widening split.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

ピンチ

pinchi

tough spot, crisis

Example sentences

  1. 今月こんげつはピンチだ。

    Money’s tight for me this month.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. ボスでもラスボスでも『にげる』は必かならず成功せいこうしますのでピンチになったらにげましょう♪

    'Run away' will always work even with bosses and the last boss, so when you’re in trouble let’s run away.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 今いまこそピンチをチャンスに変かえる時ときって、簡単かんたんに言いうなよ。

    Don’t casually say, "Now’s the time to turn a crisis into an opportunity."

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

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