Lingakuかろうじて
Frequency rank: 7,652. – 7,662. (for form 辛うじて: 6,612. – 6,620.)
- barely; narrowly; only just; with difficultyword usually written using kana alone
adverb (fukushi)
Forms
- かろうじてFrequency rank: 7,652. – 7,662.
- 辛うじて【かろうじて】Frequency rank: 6,612. – 6,620.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
This expression is used to indicate that something has been achieved or exists only after a great struggle, or it describes a situation that is very close to failure.
Generated collocations (experimental)
かろうじていきのこる生き残るto barely surviveかろうじてごうかく合格するto barely passかろうじてまにあう間に合うto just make it in timeかろうじてりかい理解するto barely understandかろうじてせいこう成功するto narrowly succeedかろうじてとどく届くto just reachかろうじてさいご最後までいく行くto push through to the endかろうじてうけいれられる受け入れられるto be only just acceptedかろうじてひきうける引き受けるto reluctantly take onかろうじてたすかる助かるto be saved just in time
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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They had a narrow escape under cover of darkness.
He met with a traffic accident and had a narrow escape from death.
I barely restrained the impulse to strike him.