危き機き一いっ髪ぱつ

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Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

close call; by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time

Describes a situation where disaster was barely avoided; often used as a dramatic set phrase.

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危き

機き

一いっ

髪ぱつ

で

助たす

かっ

た

。

I was in an accident, but I was saved by a hair's breadth.

彼かれは危き機き一いっ髪ぱつのところで電でん車しゃに間まに合あった。

He caught the train in the nick of time.

間かん一いっ髪ぱつN1
危機一髪 emphasizes a life-threatening or dramatic crisis narrowly avoided, while 間一髪 can describe any close call, even a minor one.
ニアミス
危機一髪 emphasizes the dramatic, hairsbreadth escape from danger, while ニアミス is the more neutral term for a near-collision or near-accident, especially in aviation and traffic.

危き機き一いっ髪ぱつ
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
危き機き一いっ発ぱつ
irregular kanji usage
Irregular kanji usage; sometimes seen but less standard than 危機一髪.

Yojijukugo (four-character idiom) combining 危機 (crisis) and 一髪 (a single hair), literally 'a crisis by a hair's breadth'.