Illustration: On a residential lane, a pedestrian has just leapt backward as a loose roof tile smashes onto the exact spot where their front foot had been. Their body is still off balance, heel barely beyond the scattered fragments, and their shopping bag swings forward over the impact point.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

間かん一いっ髪ぱつ

kan'ippatsu

a narrow escape

Example sentences

  1. 間一髪かんいっぱつで助たすかったんだよ。

    I had a narrow escape.

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  2. 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.

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  3. 間一髪かんいっぱつというところで事故じこを免まぬかれた。

    I escaped the accident by the skin of my teeth.

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Kanji in 間一髪

  • 間space; intervalOnカン・ケンKunあいだ・ま・あい
  • 一oneOnイチ・イツKunひと-・ひとつ
  • 髪hair of the headOnハツKunかみ

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