辛うじて
N1かろうじて karoujite
- barely
- narrowly
- just manage to do st
adverb
Chinese meanings
勉强;好不容易
Examples
- 際どいところを辛うじて助かった。I had a close shave.千钧一发之际勉强得救了。
- 彼女は涙を辛うじておさえた。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"
}
}