せとぎわ

瀬戸際

brink; verge; critical moment; crucial moment

N5Common wordNoun

Noun

brink•verge•critical moment•crucial moment

Example Sentences

彼(かれ)は死の瀬戸際にいた。

He was at the gate of death.

のるかそるかの瀬戸際まできた。

The situation has come to the point where we either sink or swim.

今(いま)は生きるか死ぬかのせとぎわです。

It's a do-or-die situation.

rapids, current, torrent, shallows, shoal

ライ / せ

door, counter for houses, door radical (no. 63)

コ / と

occasion, side, edge, verge, dangerous, adventurous, indecent, time, when

サイ / きわ