間一髪

かんいっぱつ

close call

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Meanings

  1. noun close call; narrow escape; hair's breadth
  2. adverb narrowly; just in time; by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time

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In sentences

間一髪かんいっぱつで助たすかったんだよ。 I had a narrow escape. #9740741

間一髪かんいっぱつ!危あぶないところでした。 That was a close call. #183713