| Czech | problém , závažný stav |
| Chinese (simplified) | 困难境地 , 困难 境地 |
| English | situation |
| Indonesian | situasi , keadaan |
| Japanese | 状況 |
| Malaysian | situasi , keadaan |
| Hyponym: | purgatory crunch mexican_standoff crisis imbroglio hornet's_nest how-do-you-do time_bomb no-win_situation quicksand pass hot_potato urgency nightmare swamp deadlock conflict_of_interest tinderbox |
| Hypernym: | difficulty |
| Semantic Field: | staten |