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suresure
na adjective, noun

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English Meaning(s) for すれすれ

na adjective, noun
  1. grazing; skimming; almost touching; passing within inches; being within a whisker; shaving close
  2. barely; just; narrowly; by a slim margin

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Sample Sentences for すれすれ

I was just in time for the last train.
The plane buzzed the control tower.
Once, when I went to my friend Kawai's house, he fired a pistol. He thought it was not loaded and pointed it at my mouth, but it was and the bullet grazed my ear before hitting the closet.
The car just shaved the corner.
The airplane skimmed the ground before it crashed.

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