Definition of 危機一髪 (ききいっぱつ)
ききいっぱつ
危機一髪
ききいっぱつ
kikiippatsu
expression, noun
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by a hair's breadth, in the nick of time, touch and go, close call, critical moment(yojijukugo)
Other readings:
危機一発【ききいっぱつ】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
Related Kanji
| 危 | dangerous, fear, uneasy |
| 機 | loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion |
| 一 | one, one radical (no.1) |
| 髪 | hair of the head |
| 発 | departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots |