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瀬戸際
Reading せとぎわ
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のるかそるかの瀬戸際まできた。
The situation has come to the point where we either sink or swim.
彼は死の瀬戸際にいた。
He was at the gate of death.
今は生きるか死ぬかのせとぎわです。
It's a do-or-die situation.