Vocabulary

What does 危機一髪 (ききいっぱつ) mean?

危機一髪 (ききいっぱつ) means a narrow escape; a hair’s breadth from disaster (lit. danger hanging by a single hair).

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a narrow escape; a hair’s breadth from disaster (lit. danger hanging by a single hair)

Example sentences

  • I almost got hit by a car but escaped by a hair’s breadth.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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