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危あやうく

Kana あやうく Romaji ayauku

Common word

Definitions

01adverb

02adverb

Examples

我々はあやうく凍死するところだった。

We were nearly frozen to death.

Tatoeba #186146

彼は危うく死を免れた。

He narrowly escaped being killed.

Tatoeba #108684

危うく溺れるところだった。

I came near to being drowned.

Tatoeba #183598

Source

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