Dictionary: “間一髪”

間一髪

かんいっぱつ

hair's breadth

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

Kun/On information

間
On
かん;けん
Kun
あいだ;ま;あい
Stroke count
12

・interval

・space

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
一
On
いち;いつ
Kun
ひと-;ひと.つ
Stroke count
1

・one

・one radical (no.1)

1
髪
On
はつ
Kun
かみ
Stroke count
14

・hair of the head

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Related words to 間一髪

3 related words

間一髪のところ

かんいっぱつのところ

→

close call;narrow escape

間一髪を入れず

かんいっぱつをいれず

→

immediately;instantly;with nary a pause;without a moment's delay

間一髪の所

かんいっぱつのところ

→

close call;narrow escape