Word Meaning 間一髪

かんいっぱつ kanippatsu

間一髪 is read as かんいっぱつ (kanippatsu) and means hair's breadth.

Meaning

English

  1. hair's breadth

Reading

Kana

かんいっぱつ

Romaji

kanippatsu

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Proverb Rank 7744 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

間一髪の所

かんいっぱつのところ

close call

間髪

かんはつ

immediately

間髪いれず

かんはついれず

immediately

間髪おかず

かんはつおかず

immediately

一髪

いっぱつ

hair

一週間

いっしゅうかん

one week

一年間

いちねんかん

(period of) one year

一時間

いちじかん

one hour

八十日間世界一周

はちじゅうにちかんせかいいっしゅう

Around the World in Eighty Days (1873 novel by Jules Verne)

一角の人間

ひとかどのにんげん

someone (important)

Example Sentences

4

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.