ききいっぱつ
Japanese
For pronunciation and definitions of
ききいっぱつ
– see the following entry.
【
危機一髪
】
[noun]
[from 1902]
imminent
danger
, a
close call
: a
situation
where
danger
is so high that the tiniest
mistake
could result in
failure
(This term,
ききいっぱつ
(
kikīppatsu
)
, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)