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かれ
かんいっぱつ
間一髪
ひかれるところ
あや
うく
のが
れた

He escaped being run over by a hair's breadth.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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1 1-4
noun
hair's breadth  (see also: 間一髪のところ)
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'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
to run somebody over (with vehicle); to knock someone down  (often written with kana only)
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3 0
Most common form:
noun, suffix
1. place; spot; scene; site  (also pronounced どころ when a suffix)
2. address  (often written with kana only)
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0
1. barely; narrowly  (see also: 危うい)
2. almost; nearly
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3
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to escape
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Kanji
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
カン   ケン   あいだ interval, between   ま space, room   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
モン   かど gate   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ハツ   かみ hair (of the head)   
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ユウ   とも friend   
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ten   じゅう    じつ    と    とう    
hair
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チョウ   なが long   
fur, bristles, beard   
キ   あぶない dangerous   あやぶむ to be apprehensive of   あやうく barely, narrowly; almost   
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ヤク    unlucky   
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seal
corner
トウ   にげる    のがれる to escape   にがす    のが to free   
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チョウ   きざ sign, indication   きざ to show signs (of)   
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スイ   みず water   
legs
move
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