[さい, sai] (n, n-suf) (1) (pronounced ぎわ when a suffix) edge; brink; verge; side; (2) time; moment of #307
[すんぜん, sunzen] (n, suf) on the verge; on the brink; just in front of; just before; (P) #11195
[ひっし, hisshi] (adj-na, adj-no) (1) frantic; desperate; (2) inevitable death; (3) (See 必至) brinkmate (inevitable checkmate) (shogi); (P) #12990
[いっぽてまえ, ippotemae] (exp) just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
[がいえん, gaien] (adj-na, n) brink; outer edge
[きそくえんえん, kisokuen'en] (adj-no, adj-t, adv-to) gasping for breath; at one's last gasp; breathing feebly; on the brink of death; more dead than alive
[きし, kishi] (n) saving from the brink of death
[しにぎわ, shinigiwa] (n) verge of death; brink of death
[せとぎわ, setogiwa] (n) brink; critical moment; (P)
[せとぎわがいこう, setogiwagaikou] (n) (See 瀬戸際政策) brinkmanship diplomacy
[せとぎわせいさく, setogiwaseisaku] (n) brinkmanship
[たんせき, tanseki] (n-adv, n-t) (1) on the brink of; (2) morning and evening; day and night
[たんせきにせまる, tansekinisemaru] (exp, v5r) (abbr) (See 命旦夕に迫る) to be on the brink of death
[ひっし, hisshi] (adj-na, adj-no) (1) inevitable; necessary; foregone; (n) (2) (See 必死) brinkmate (inevitable checkmate) (shogi); (P)
[ほうかいすんぜん, houkaisunzen] (n) on the brink of collapse; in a state of near-collapse
[めいたんせきにせまる, meitansekinisemaru] (exp, v5r) to be on the brink of death
[よぜん, yozen] (n) lingering life; feeble existence; brink of ruin