Illustration: In a Japanese apartment dining area, a ceramic cup has slipped from the table after someone catches the tablecloth with a shopping bag. Another family member lunges from their chair and catches the cup only a finger's width above the hard floor.

JLPT N2adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

危あやうく

ayauku

almost, nearly

Example sentences

  1. 危あやうく車くるまにひかれそうになった。

    I was almost run over by a car.

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  2. 彼女かのじょは危あやうく溺おぼれるところだった。

    She came near to drowning.

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  3. 彼かれは危あやうく片目かためを失うしなうところだった。

    He came close to losing an eye.

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Kanji in 危

  • 危dangerous; fearOnキKunあぶない・あやうい・あやぶむ

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