間ま際ぎわ

noun

just before; on the verge of; at the point of

Used as a suffix-like noun attached to verbs or nouns indicating an event, meaning the moment immediately before that event. Common with 出発, 帰宅, 死, etc.

• 出しゅっ発ぱつ間ま際ぎわに忘わすれ物ものに気きづいた。

  I noticed I had forgotten something just before departure.

• 彼かれは死しの間ま際ぎわに家か族ぞくの名な前まえを呼よんだ。

  He called his family's names on the verge of death.

noun

edge (just before something)

Rare standalone use; typically appears in the same suffix-like construction as sense 1, emphasizing the physical or temporal edge just before an event. Often interchangeable with sense 1.

• 崖がけの間ま際ぎわに立たつと足あしがすくむ。

  My legs freeze when I stand at the very edge of the cliff.