Word Meaning 一髪

いっぱつ ippatsu

一髪 is read as いっぱつ (ippatsu) and means hair.

Meaning

English

  1. hair
  2. hair's breadth

Reading

Kana

いっぱつ

Romaji

ippatsu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 139846 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

間一髪

かんいっぱつ

hair's breadth

危機一髪

ききいっぱつ

by a hair's breadth

一昨日

おととい

day before yesterday

一昨年

いっさくねん

year before last

一段落

いちだんらく

one paragraph

一対一

いちたいいち

one-to-one

一部

いちぶ

one copy (e.g. of a document)

一定

いちじょう

fixed

一定

いってい

fixed

一番

いちばん

best

Example Sentences

5

That was a close shave.

I had a narrow escape.

That was a close call.

He was saved by a hair.

I escaped the accident by the skin of my teeth.