Illustration: In a Japanese apartment kitchen, a resident lunges down and catches a ceramic teacup just a finger's width above the tiled floor. The cup has slipped from a tray still balanced in their other hand. A few drops of tea hang in the air, but the cup remains intact and firmly caught.

JLPT N2na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

セーフ

seefu

just in time, okay

Example sentences

  1. セーフ。遅おくれるところだった。

    I made it! I was almost too late.

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  2. 終電しゅうでんにぎりぎりセーフだったよ。

    I was just in time for the last train.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. ぎりぎりセーフ！

    I just barely made it!

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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