危機一髪

危機一発

Reading

Kana: ききいっぱつ
Romaji: kikiippatsu
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment

Note: yojijukugo

Kanji

Readings: キ、 あぶ.ない、 あや.うい、 あや.ぶむ
Meanings: dangerous, fear, uneasy
Readings: キ、 はた
Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: ハツ、 かみ
Meaning: hair of the head
Readings: ハツ、 ホツ、 た.つ、 あば.く、 おこ.る、 つか.わす、 はな.つ
Meanings: departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots