瀬戸際 | Japanese meaning

瀬戸際【せとぎわ】

Frequency rank: 25,395. – 25,546.

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

brink; critical moment

Forms

瀬戸際【せとぎわ】Frequency rank: 25,395. – 25,546.
せとぎわ

Wiktionary definitions (experimental)

せと瀬戸きごう（せまい狭いかいきょう海峡きごう）とがいよう外洋とのきょうかい境界．.
しょうぶ勝負、せいし生死などのじゅうよう重要なわかれめ分かれ目．.

Wiktionary

Example sentences

4 results

1. 。

He was at the gate of death.

Tatoeba

2. 。

It's a do-or-die situation.

Tatoeba

3. 。

The situation has come to the point where we either sink or swim.

Tatoeba

4. 。

The Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.

Tatoeba

瀬戸際【せとぎわ】

Frequency rank: 25,395. – 25,546.

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

brink; critical moment

Forms

瀬戸際【せとぎわ】Frequency rank: 25,395. – 25,546.
せとぎわ

Wiktionary definitions (experimental)

せと瀬戸きごう（せまい狭いかいきょう海峡きごう）とがいよう外洋とのきょうかい境界．.
しょうぶ勝負、せいし生死などのじゅうよう重要なわかれめ分かれ目．.

Wiktionary

Example sentences

4 results

1. 。

He was at the gate of death.

Tatoeba

2. 。

It's a do-or-die situation.

Tatoeba

3. 。

The situation has come to the point where we either sink or swim.

Tatoeba

4. 。

The Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.

Tatoeba

瀬

N1常用

意rapids; current; torrent; shallows; shoal

訓せ

音ライ

名いわた、がせ、しげ、せい、せっ

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戸

N22

意door; counter for houses; door radical (no. 63)

訓と

音コ

名え、へ

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際

N35

意occasion; side; edge; verge; dangerous; adventurous; indecent; time; when

訓きわ、-ぎわ

音サイ

名わ

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Lingaku

Japanese

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