Entry · October 11, 2017

羽目になる

Traffic jam: it was recently in the news that the Indonesian president and his entourage had to walk to an event after getting stuck in a major traffic jam. Below is an extract from a Japanese news article about it:

国軍記念日の軍事パレード会場に向かう際、厳しい渋滞に巻き込まれて徒歩で会場に向かう羽目になった。

羽目になる
はめになる · HAMENINARU
To get stuck with (some job), to end up with (something unpleasant).
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