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間一髪

Reading

Kana: かんいっぱつ
Romaji: kan'ippatsu
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Romaji

Definition

1

hair's breadth

See also: 間一髪のところ

Kanji

Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい
Meanings: interval, space
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

Example Sentences

間一髪(かんいっぱつ)(あぶ)ないところでした。
➥That was a close call.
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我々(われわれ)間一髪(かんいっぱつ)のところで()をまぬがれた。
➥We escaped death by a hair's breadth.
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(かれ)間一髪(かんいっぱつ)でひかれるところを(あや)うく(のが)れた。
➥He escaped being run over by a hair's breadth.
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間一髪(かんいっぱつ)のところで(かれ)(たす)かった。
➥He was saved by a hair.
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(うし)間一髪(かんいっぱつ)のところで衝突(しょうとつ)をまぬがれた。
➥The cow missed being hit by a gnat's whisker.
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そのスピードを()した(くるま)道路(どうろ)()()した子供(こども)を、間一髪(かんいっぱつ)で、()けることができた。
➥The speeding car missed the child, who ran out into the road, by only a hairsbreadth.
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