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ぎりぎり (girigiri)

just in time, barely

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ぎりぎり (girigiri) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “just in time, barely”.

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会社かいしゃの始業しぎょう時間じかんにぎりぎりで間まに合あったよ。

I made it just in time for the start of work.

ギリギリのところで間に合まにあう。

I just made it under the wire.

彼かれは終電しゅうでんにぎりぎり間にあった。

He was just in time for the last train.

費用ひようはギリギリまで切り詰きりつめられた。

The budget was cut to the bone.

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