Word Meaning 矢先に
やさきに
yasaki ni
矢先に is read as やさきに (yasaki ni) and means just when (one is about to ...).
Meaning
English
- just when (one is about to ...)
- just as
- the very moment when
- on the point of
Reading
Kana
やさきに
Romaji
yasaki ni
Stroke Sequence
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Related Vocabulary
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2父が出かけようとした矢先に電話が鳴った。
My father was about to leave when the telephone rang.
運命の人に会えたとしても，幸せになれるとは限らない。彼なんて結婚して子供は双子が生まれてバラ色の人生かと思った矢先に家族がみんな夜盗に殺された。
Even if you do meet the one for you, it's not a given that you'll be happy. Take him, for example. He got married and had twins for children, and just as he thought he'd have a rose-colored life, his whole family was killed by a robber at night.