ぎりぎり (girigiri)

just in time, barely

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Meaning

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

Example sentences 11

会社かいしゃ始業しぎょう 時間じかんにぎりぎりで ったよ。

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

ギリギリのところで 間にまにあう。

I just made it under the wire.

かれ終電しゅうでんにぎりぎり 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 切りきりつめられた。

The budget was cut to the bone.