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[かん()·いっ()·ぱつ()]
kanippatsu
noun

English Meaning(s) for 間一髪

noun
  1. hair's breadth

Meanings for each kanji in 間一髪

» interval; space
» one; one radical (no.1)
» hair of the head

Stroke Order Diagrams for 間一髪

Sample Sentences for 間一髪

The speeding car missed the child, who ran out into the road, by only a hairsbreadth.
That was a close call.
I escaped the accident by the skin of my teeth.
He escaped being run over by a hair's breadth.
The cow missed being hit by a gnat's whisker.

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