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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

辛かろうじて

N1
かろうじて karoujite
  1. barely
  2. narrowly
  3. just manage to do st
adverb

Chinese meanings

勉强;好不容易

Examples

  • 際きわどいところを辛かろうじて助たすかった。
    I had a close shave.
    千钧一发之际勉强得救了。
  • 彼かの女じょは涙なみだを辛かろうじておさえた。
    She restrained tears with difficulty.
    她勉强忍住了眼泪。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('68a47d4c28'); // 辛うじて
{
  "id": "68a47d4c28",
  "word": "辛うじて",
  "reading": "かろうじて",
  "romaji": "karoujite",
  "meanings": [
    "barely",
    "narrowly",
    "just manage to do st"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "adv"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1365870,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "際どいところを辛うじて助かった。",
      "furigana": "{際|きわ}どいところを{辛|かろ}うじて{助|たす}かった。",
      "en": "I had a close shave.",
      "tatoeba_id": 170240
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼女は涙を辛うじておさえた。",
      "furigana": "{彼女|かのじょ}は{涙|なみだ}を{辛|かろ}うじておさえた。",
      "en": "She restrained tears with difficulty.",
      "tatoeba_id": 86237
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "7a2c9355f76fce05a6c5e350932291f90b163e6356f775bf089f6ea8ece24bbf",
    "meanings": [
      "勉强",
      "好不容易"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "際どいところを辛うじて助かった。",
        "zh": "千钧一发之际勉强得救了。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼女は涙を辛うじておさえた。",
        "zh": "她勉强忍住了眼泪。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/68a47d4c28",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1365870; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "86ae88c03b284a0e6c92a35b0a9405e62e05019f0921e92185bf221d168585e5",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}