ぎりぎり

限 り 限 り

Common word

  1. adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun (common) (futsuumeishi), adverb (fukushi)

    just barely, only just, at the very limit, at the last moment
    onomatopoeic or mimetic word
    word usually written using kana alone

    • ギリギリのところで間に合った。
      I just made it under the wire.