あやうく
Ayauku
危うく (Ayauku) is a Japanese adverb meaning “barely, narrowly, almost, nearly”.
Meanings
- adverbbarely; narrowly
- adverbalmost; nearly
Examples
彼は危うく死を免れた。
He narrowly escaped being killed.
危うく溺れるところだった。
I came near to being drowned.
彼は危うく事故で死をのがれた。
He barely missed being killed in the accident.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).