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09-22-2011, 01:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Maxful View Post
Hi, I would like to know what is the difference between "土壇場で" and "間際に" as "last minute"?
Former is figurative and more emphatic. = "At the place of execution"

Latter is just literal and "plain".

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