"寸前" meaning in Japanese

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "寸前",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "寸",
          "すん"
        ],
        [
          "前",
          "ぜん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sunzen",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "すんぜん"
      },
      "expansion": "寸(すん)前(ぜん) • (sunzen)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms read with on'yomi",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It appeared the two countries understood that very well, and they prevented the outbreak of war when things were on the verge of exploding.",
          "ref": "1948, 海野十三, 三十年後の世界",
          "roman": "Sore ga ryōkoku ni mo yoku wakatta to miemashite ne, bakuhatsu sunzen to iu tokoro de sensō no okoru no wa kuitomerareta n desu.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "両国",
              "りょうこく"
            ],
            [
              "分",
              "わか"
            ],
            [
              "見",
              "み"
            ],
            [
              "爆発",
              "ばくはつ"
            ],
            [
              "寸前",
              "すんぜん"
            ],
            [
              "戦争",
              "せんそう"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "それが両国にもよく分ったと見えましてね、爆発寸前というところで戦争のおこるのはくいとめられたんです。",
          "translation": "It appeared the two countries understood that very well, and they prevented the outbreak of war when things were on the verge of exploding."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the verge, the moment just before"
      ],
      "id": "en-寸前-ja-noun-eR6iOXp0",
      "links": [
        [
          "verge",
          "verge"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "すんぜん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sɨ̃nd͡zẽ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "寸前"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "寸前",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "寸",
          "すん"
        ],
        [
          "前",
          "ぜん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sunzen",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "すんぜん"
      },
      "expansion": "寸(すん)前(ぜん) • (sunzen)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese nouns",
        "Japanese terms read with on'yomi",
        "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with 前 read as ぜん",
        "Japanese terms spelled with 寸 read as すん",
        "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It appeared the two countries understood that very well, and they prevented the outbreak of war when things were on the verge of exploding.",
          "ref": "1948, 海野十三, 三十年後の世界",
          "roman": "Sore ga ryōkoku ni mo yoku wakatta to miemashite ne, bakuhatsu sunzen to iu tokoro de sensō no okoru no wa kuitomerareta n desu.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "両国",
              "りょうこく"
            ],
            [
              "分",
              "わか"
            ],
            [
              "見",
              "み"
            ],
            [
              "爆発",
              "ばくはつ"
            ],
            [
              "寸前",
              "すんぜん"
            ],
            [
              "戦争",
              "せんそう"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "それが両国にもよく分ったと見えましてね、爆発寸前というところで戦争のおこるのはくいとめられたんです。",
          "translation": "It appeared the two countries understood that very well, and they prevented the outbreak of war when things were on the verge of exploding."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the verge, the moment just before"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "verge",
          "verge"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "すんぜん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sɨ̃nd͡zẽ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "寸前"
}