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The cow missed being hit by a gnat's whisker.
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Vocabulary list

ushi
noun
  1. cattle (Bos taurus); cow; bull; ox; calf
  2. beef (usu. ぎゅう)
  3. Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
kanippatsunotokoro
expression, noun
  1. close call; narrow escape
kanippatsu
noun
  1. hair's breadth
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
tokorode
conjunction
  1. by the way; incidentally
  2. even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how) (after the plain past form of a verb)
tokoro
noun, adverb, suffix
  1. place; spot; scene; site (also pronounced どころ when a suffix)
noun, suffix
  1. address
  2. district; area; locality
  3. one's house
  4. point; aspect; side; facet
  5. passage (in text); part
  6. space; room
  7. thing; matter
noun
  1. whereupon; as a result (after the plain past form of a verb)
  2. about to; on the verge of (after present form of a verb)
  3. was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing (after past form of a verb)
de
particle
  1. at; in (indicates location of action; にて is the formal literary form)
  2. at; when (indicates time of action)
  3. by; with (indicates means of action)
conjunction
  1. and then; so
auxiliary
  1. and; then (indicates continuing action; alternative form of 〜て used for some verb types)
particle
  1. let me tell you; don't you know (at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.)
shoutotsu
noun, suru verb
  1. collision; crash; running into
  2. conflict; quarrel; clashing
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
manugareru

Plain Past Indicative Form

manugareta
ichidan verb
  1. to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from
  2. to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert; to elude; to be exempted from

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