危機一髪（ききいっぱつ）
JLPT N1 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: hair-breadth escape
Example sentences
- 危機一髪で事故をまぬがれる。 — We narrowly avoided an accident by a hair's breadth.
- 危機一髪のところで助かる。 — He was saved in the nick of time.
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