Meaning of 間一髪(かんいっぱつ) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 間一髪

Kana Reading かんいっぱつ

Romaji kan'ippatsu

Examples of 間一髪, かんいっぱつ in a sentence

彼は間一髪でひかれるところを危うく逃れた。

He escaped being run over by a hair's breadth.
間一髪！危ないところでした。

That was a close call.
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。

The speeding car missed the child, who ran out into the road, by only a hairsbreadth.

髪 JLPT 3

14 strokes

hair of the head

On'Yomi: ハツ

Kun'Yomi: かみ

間 JLPT 5

12 strokes

interval, space

On'Yomi: カン, ケン

Kun'Yomi: あいだ, ま, あい

一 JLPT 5

1 stroke

one, one radical (no.1)

On'Yomi: イチ, イツ

Kun'Yomi: ひと-, ひと.つ

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