JLPT N1 Advanced
間一髪
Escaping danger by a hair’s breadth or in the nick of time
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Other forms
間一髪で adverbial form
間一髪のところで adverbial phrase
Noun (almost always used adverbially with で)
"By a hair's breadth" / "In the nick of time"
Describes a critical situation where the margin between safety and disaster is as thin as a single strand of hair.
Example
A 大丈夫 ？ 事故 に 遭いそう だった って 聞いた けど 。
B うん 、 でも 間一髪 で 避けられた よ 。 本当に 危なかった 。
[A:] Are you okay? I heard you almost got into an accident. [B:] Yeah, but I managed to avoid it by a hair. It was a really close call.
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