Illustration: At the entrance to a community swimming pool, a visitor pauses exactly at the gate while an attendant checks the plain wristband on their extended arm. One foot is already beyond the threshold and the other remains outside.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

際さい

sai

occasion, time when

Common in formal notices and instructions. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 火事かじの際さいは１１９番ばんに電話でんわしてください。

    In the case of fire, dial 119.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 友人ゆうじんを選えらぶ際さいには気きを付つけるべきだ。

    You should be careful in choosing friends.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 通とおりを横断おうだんする際さいには車くるまに気きをつけなさい。

    Look out for cars in crossing the street.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 際

  • 際occasion; sideOnサイKunきわ

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