[yatto] (adv) (1) (on-mim) at last; at length; (2) (on-mim) barely; narrowly; just; by the skin of one's teeth; (P) #15245
[kasukasu] (adj-na, adj-no, adv, vs) (1) dry (and tasteless); (adv, vs) (2) barely; just
[katsukatsu] (adj-na, adv) (on-mim) barely; scraping by
[girigiri (P); girigiri] (adj-na, adv) (1) (on-mim) at the last moment; just barely; (2) grinding sound; (P)
[たどりつく, tadoritsuku] (v5k, vi) to struggle on to; to arrive somewhere after a struggle; to grope along to; to barely manage to reach; to finally arrive at; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea); (P)
[yattokosa ; yattokose ; yattoko] (adv) (1) (See やっと・1) at last; at length; (2) barely; just; by the skin of one's teeth; (int) (3) (やっとこさ, やっとこせ only) (See やっとこまかせ) yo-ho!; heave-ho!
[girigirise-fu ; girigiri se-fu] (exp) (See ぎりぎり, セーフ) just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); just (barely) OK
[girise-fu] (exp) (col) (abbr) (See ぎりぎりセーフ) just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); just (barely) OK
[ひとあしちがい, hitoashichigai] (n) barely miss (meeting someone, catching a train, etc.)
[あやうく, ayauku] (adv) (1) (See 危うい) barely; narrowly; (2) almost; nearly; (P)
[くちをのりする, kuchiwonorisuru] (exp, vs-s) (See 糊口, 糊する・2) to eke out a living; to barely manage to get by
[ほそぼそ, hosoboso] (adv, adv-to) (1) poor (living); (2) barely continuing; just scraping along; (adj-f) (3) (as ... とした) very narrow; (P)
[すれすれ, suresure] (adj-na, n) (1) (uk) grazing; skimming; almost touching; passing within inches; being within a whisker; shaving close; (2) (uk) barely; just; narrowly; by a slim margin; (P)
[じてんしゃそうぎょう, jitenshasougyou] (n) barely keeping a business going (analogy that a bicycle falls over when its wheels cease rotating)
[よわもちあい, yowamochiai] (adj-i) (stock market) barely holding steady
[じっしいっしょう, jisshiisshou] (n) (1) narrow escape from the jaws of death; (2) there being barely a chance of escaping death
[じゅんひてい, junhitei] (n) (obsc) { ling } quasi-negation (e.g. use of words like 'hardly', 'seldom', 'barely'); weak negation
[かろうじて, karoujite] (adv) (uk) barely; narrowly; just manage to do something; (P)
[からくも, karakumo] (adv) barely; narrowly; with difficulty
[からがら, karagara] (adv) barely
[ようやく, youyaku] (adv) (1) (uk) finally; at last; (2) barely; narrowly; hardly; only just; (3) gradually; little by little; by degrees; (P)
[ひんしじょうたい, hinshijoutai] (n, adj-no) moribund state; near-death; barely alive condition
[いのちからがら;いのちがらがら(命辛々;命辛辛), inochikaragara ; inochigaragara ( inochi shin ; inochi shin shin )] (adv) for dear life; barely escaping alive
[ろくろく, rokuroku] (adv) hardly; barely; inadequately (with negative grammatical constructions)