引ひけ際ぎわ

noun

closing time; time to leave

Refers to the moment when a gathering, event, or workplace ends and people start to leave. Often used in the phrase 引け際に.

• パーティーの引ひけ際ぎわに、彼かの女じょに声こえをかけた。

  I spoke to her as the party was breaking up.

• 会かい議ぎの引ひけ際ぎわに、もう一いち度ど確かく認にんした。

  I double-checked just as the meeting was ending.