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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

寸すん前ぜん

sunzen

just before, on the verge of

Example sentences

飛行機ひこうきは離陸りりく寸前すんぜんだった。
The plane was about to take off.
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その国くにの経済けいざいは崩壊ほうかい寸前すんぜんだ。
The country’s economy is about to collapse.
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サムは不当ふとうにも正式採用せいしきさいようとなる寸前すんぜんで、解雇かいこされてしまった。
Sam got a raw deal when he was laid off just before his job would have become permanent.
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Kanji in 寸前

寸measurement; tenth of a shakuOnスン
前in front; beforeOnゼンKunまえ

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