羽目

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 羽目(はめ) denotes a situation or predicament and appears as the expression 羽目になる in these examples.
• Basic usage: It is often used when someone ends up having to do something unwelcome.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Dictionary-form verb before 羽目になる
  • The required action appears in the dictionary form, as in やり直す羽目になった and 謝る羽目になった. The following なった places the resulting predicament in the past.
• More unwelcome than ことになる
  • ことになる can describe a decision or outcome relatively neutrally. 羽目になる more strongly conveys that the speaker finds the outcome unwelcome.