Breakdown of shuuden ni girigiri maniaimashita.
にni
destination particle
間に合うmaniau
to be in time
終電shuuden
last train
ぎりぎりgirigiri
at the last possible moment
Questions & Answers about shuuden ni girigiri maniaimashita.
What does 終電 mean exactly?
終電（しゅうでん） means the last train of the day.
It usually refers to the final scheduled train you can take that night. So in this sentence, the speaker is talking about managing to catch that final train before service ended.
Why is there a に after 終電?
The particle に is used because 間に合う commonly takes に for the thing you make it in time for.
So:
- 終電に間に合う = to make it in time for the last train
- 会議に間に合う = to make it in time for the meeting
- 締め切りに間に合う = to meet the deadline / make it by the deadline
Using を here would be incorrect with 間に合う.
What does ぎりぎり mean here?
ぎりぎり means just barely, at the very last moment, or with almost no time to spare.
So it adds the feeling that the speaker did make it, but only by a tiny margin.
In this sentence, it gives the nuance:
- I just barely made it
- I made it at the last second
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