危き機き一いっ髪ぱつ

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Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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.

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'.