間 一髪 kan'ippatsu
kan'ippatsu
Noun
1. hair's breadth
Related to 間一髪のところ
そのスピードを出 した車 は道路 に飛 び出 した子供 を、間 一髪 で、避 けることができた。
sono supiidō dashita kurumawa dōroni tobidashita kodomō kan'ippatsude sakeru kotoga dekita.
The speeding car missed the child, who ran out into the road, by only a hairsbreadth.
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そのスピードを出 した車 は道路 に飛 び出 した子供 を、間 一髪 で、避 けることができた。
sono supiidō dashita kurumawa dōroni tobidashita kodomō kan'ippatsude sakeru kotoga dekita.
The speeding car missed the child, who ran out into the road, by only a hairsbreadth.
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kan'ippatsude
て-form: Used to connect clauses, make requests, or chain actions
1. By a hair's breadth; Narrowly
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kan'ippatsudewārimasen
The polite negative form
1. Not even close.; Not by a hair's breadth.
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kan'ippatsujanakatta
The past negative form
1. Wasn't a close call.; Wasn't a narrow escape.
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kan'ippatsujārimasendeshita
The polite, past negative form
1. It wasn't a close call.; It wasn't a narrow escape.
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kan'ippatsujanakattadesu
The polite, past negative form
1. It wasn't a close call.; It wasn't a narrow escape.
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kan'ippatsudeshō
Expresses probability in a polite manner ("probably…")
1. Narrowly avoided.; Close call.
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kan'ippatsudewārimasendeshita
The polite, past negative form
1. Was not a hair's breadth away.; Was not close.
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kan'ippatsudattara
The "-tara" conditional form ("if/when…")
1. If/when it was a hair's breadth away; If/when it was a close call
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kan'ippatsudeareba
The "-eba" conditional form ("if/when…")
1. If/when it was a hair's breadth away; If/when it was a close call
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kan'ippatsunara
The "-nara" conditional form ("if/when…")
1. If even by a hair's breadth; If by a hair
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