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.
18 Variants Available
Essential 9 items
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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'ippatsujārimasen
The polite negative form
1. Not even close.; Not in the slightest.
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kan'ippatsujanaidesu
The polite negative form
1. Not even close.; It was a narrow escape.
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kan'ippatsudewārimasen
The polite negative form
1. Not even close.; Not by a hair's breadth.
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#163614
Common 6 items
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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#154322
kan'ippatsujanakattadesu
The polite, past negative form
1. It wasn't a close call.; It wasn't a narrow escape.
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#162508
kan'ippatsudeshō
Expresses probability in a polite manner ("probably…")
1. Narrowly avoided.; Close call.
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#163764
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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