間際

Japanese

Kanji in this term
間	際
ま Grade: 2	きわ > ぎわ Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
真際

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) まぎわ [máꜜgìwà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ma̠ɡʲiβ̞a̠]

Noun

間(ま)際(ぎわ) • (magiwa) 

1. the point just before

   Synonyms: 直(ちょく)前(ぜん) (chokuzen), 寸(すん)前(ぜん) (sunzen)

   • 1914, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], chapter 9, in こゝろ [Kokoro], 中 両親と私 [My Parents and I]:

     私(わたくし)がいよいよ立(た)とうという間(ま)際(ぎわ)になって、（たしか二(ふつ)日(か)前(まえ)の夕(ゆう)方(がた)の事(こと)であったと思(おも)うが、）父(ちち)はまた突(とつ)然(ぜん)引(ひ)っ繰(く)り返(かえ)った。

     Watakushi ga iyoiyo tatō to iu magiwa ni natte, (tashika futsukamae no yūgata no koto de atta to omō ga,) chichi wa mata totsuzen hikkurikaetta.

     It was finally almost time for me to set off (the evening two days prior in fact I believe), when my father suddenly collapsed again.