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ぎりぎり — meaning in English

girigiri

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English meaning

  • barely adv Only just; by the smallest possible margin.
  • marginal adj Located at or near an edge or border.

Senses

ぎりぎり is used for these senses in English:

  • marginal Of a value, or having a characteristic that is of a value, that is close to being unacceptable or leading to exclusion from a group or category.
  • marginal (politics, chiefly, UK, Australia, NZ, of a constituency) Subject to a change in sitting member with only a small change in voting behaviour, this usually being inferred from the small winning margin of the previous election.

barely — full definition

  1. adv Only just; by the smallest possible margin.
  2. adv Almost not at all.

marginal — full definition

  1. adj Located at or near an edge or border.
  2. adj Very small in size or importance; barely significant.
  3. adj Relating to a political seat won by a small majority.
  4. noun A political constituency won by a small margin.

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