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Meanings for each kanji in 瀬戸際
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瀬 |
rapids; current; torrent; shallows; shoal |
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戸 |
door; counter for houses; door radical (no. 63) |
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際 |
occasion; side; edge; verge; dangerous; adventurous; indecent; time; when |
Sample Sentences for 瀬戸際
彼は死の瀬戸際にいた。
He was at the gate of death.
キューバのミサイル危機によって世界は核戦争の瀬戸際に立たされた。
The Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.
のるかそるかの瀬戸際まできた。
The situation has come to the point where we either sink or swim.
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