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jmdict 1215360 Active (id: 2046543)
間一髪を入れず
かんいっぱつをいれず
1. [exp] [rare]
▶ immediately
▶ instantly
▶ with nary a pause
▶ without a moment's delay
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1867250 間髪を入れず 1. immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay



History:
3. A 2019-08-16 21:44:06  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Aligning.
  Diff:
@@ -13,0 +14,2 @@
+<gloss>immediately</gloss>
+<gloss>instantly</gloss>
@@ -15,3 +17 @@
-<gloss>instantly</gloss>
-<gloss>in a flash</gloss>
-<gloss>practically immediately after</gloss>
+<gloss>without a moment's delay</gloss>
2. A 2019-08-13 03:43:08  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
間一髪を入れず  45
  Diff:
@@ -12,0 +13 @@
+<misc>&obsc;</misc>
@@ -14,0 +16 @@
+<gloss>in a flash</gloss>
1. A* 2019-07-31 20:12:09 
  Comments:
See reasoning on 間髪を入れず

"In a flash", "in no time" sounds like they describe the rapid speed of the action that follows, when the expression is only about the immediacy of its beginning.
  Diff:
@@ -12,2 +12,5 @@
-<gloss>in a flash</gloss>
-<gloss>in no time</gloss>
+<xref type="see" seq="1867250">間髪を入れず</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1867250">間髪を入れず</xref>
+<gloss>with nary a pause</gloss>
+<gloss>instantly</gloss>
+<gloss>practically immediately after</gloss>

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