九きゅう死しに一いっ生しょう

expression, noun

narrow escape from death; barely escaping with one's life

Idiomatic expression used when someone survives a life-threatening situation by a very small margin. Often used with verbs like 得る (える) to mean 'have a narrow escape'.

• 彼かれはその事じ故こで九きゅう死しに一いっ生しょうを得えた。

  He narrowly escaped death in that accident.

• 九きゅう死しに一いっ生しょうの思おもいをした。

  I felt like I had barely escaped with my life.