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    3. 間一髪

    間一髪

    間かん一いっ髪ぱつ

    hair's breadth

    KMT10News #36+1CoreNounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab27 strokes

    間一発

    かんいっぱつ

    Noun

    1.
    hair's breadth

    Stroke 0 / 27

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    事じ故こを間かん一いっ髪ぱつで避さけた。

    I avoided the accident by a hair's breadth.

    KMT5Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれは間かん一いっ髪ぱつのところで命いのち拾びろいをした。

    He had a narrow escape by a hair's breadth.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    爆ばく発はつから間かん一いっ髪ぱつで逃のがれたが、その衝しょう撃げきは今いまも彼かれの心こころに深ふかく刻きざまれている。

    He escaped the explosion by a hair's breadth, but the shock is still deeply etched in his mind.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    間かん一いっ髪ぱつの状じょう況きょうで冷れい静せいさを保たもつのは非ひ常じょうに難むずかしい。

    It is extremely difficult to remain calm in a hair's breadth situation.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    サッカーの試し合あいで、相あい手てチームのシュートが間かん一いっ髪ぱつでゴールを外はずれた。

    In the soccer match, the opposing team's shot missed the goal by a hair's breadth.

    KMT10Sports & Martial ArtsEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    間
    あいだ・ま・あい…(6)
    interval・space
    一
    ひと-・ひと.つ…(13)
    one・one radical (no.1)
    髪
    かみ…(3)
    hair of the head
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