Illustration: In a small apartment kitchen, a person lunges from a low table and catches a falling teacup with the tips of two fingers hooked securely through its handle. The cup hangs only a finger's width above the hard floor, tilted but unbroken. A few drops of tea have already landed beneath it.

かろうじて

karoujite

barely, narrowly

Example sentences

われわれはかろうじて事故じこを免まぬかれた。
We narrowly missed the accident.
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彼かれは辛かろうじて死しを免まぬかれた。
He barely escaped death.
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彼かれはかろうじて成功せいこうした。
He just barely succeeded.
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