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Search Terms: ぎりぎり*

Dictionary results(showing 5 results)


na-adjective, no-adjective, adverbial noun
just barely, only just, at the very limit, at the last moment(onomatopia, usually kana)
Other readings:
ギリギリ

girigiri
adverb, to-adverb
1.
grinding (sound), grating, gnashing(onomatopia)
2.
forcefully, strongly, with effort, (binding) tightly(onomatopia)
Other readings:
ギリギリ

girigiriauto
expression, na-adjective
just failed (by a small margin), not quite acceptable, just a bit too late(colloquialism)
Other readings:
ぎりぎりアウト

girigiriseefu
expression, na-adjective
just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.), only just OK, barely acceptable(colloquialism)
Other readings:
ぎりぎりセーフ

girigirimade
expression
until something reaches the very limit, until the very last minute, up to the breaking point
Other readings:
ギリギリまで

Sentence results (showing 9 results)


ちょうしょく
朝食
よう
We have barely enough bread for breakfast

かれ
さい
最後
でんしゃ
電車
He was just in time for the last train

I just made it under the wire

I was just in time for the last train

The coup attempt was foiled at the last moment

He was driven to the last extremity

A wise businessman knows how to clamp down on costs

The budget was cut to the bone

It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back