危うく | Japanese meaning

危うく【あやうく】

adverb (fukushi)

barely; narrowly
almost; nearly

Forms

危うく【あやうく】
あやうく

Generated definitions (experimental)

barely; narrowly

This meaning describes a situation that was very close to a negative outcome, indicating that something was avoided by a small margin.

だっ。

I narrowly avoided an accident.

だっ。

I barely avoided being late.

almost; nearly

This meaning is used to indicate that something was very close to happening, suggesting a high probability that it could have occurred.

だっ。

I was almost able to attend the meeting.

だっ。

I nearly accepted that proposal.

Generated collocations (experimental)

to barely escapeto narrowly avoid an accidentだっI almost failedto almost come to an endだっI nearly was lateto almost not make it in timeto nearly lose one's lifeto narrowly avoid being harmed

Wiktionary definitions (experimental)

かろうじて．.やっとのことで．.

あやうくなんをのがれた難を逃れた．.

もうすこし少しのところで．.

あやうくじこ事故をおこす起こすところだった．.

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