ぎりぎり — meaning in English
girigiri
Japanese → English · translate English → Japanese instead
English meaning
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
- adv Only just; by the smallest possible margin.
- adv Almost not at all.
marginal — full definition
- adj Located at or near an edge or border.
- adj Very small in size or importance; barely significant.
- adj Relating to a political seat won by a small majority.
- noun A political constituency won by a small margin.