Vocabulary

際どい

risky; dangerous; hazardous; perilous; close (e.g. game); narrow (e.g. victory)

i-adjective
freq #30

Example sentences

I made the last bus by a few seconds.

That was a close shave.

I had a close shave.

To win by a narrow margin.

I was just in time for the last train.

We were only just in time for the last train.