TAKOBOTO

barely
I barely made it to the train.
やっとのことで。何とか。ようやくのことで。わずかに。

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はしっていったらかろうじてじのでんしゃにまにあいました

I ran and barely made the 2 O'Clock train

かろうじてらくだいせずにすんだ

I just barely managed to avoid dropping out of class

かろうじてつきあっている

They are just barely still together

１１じまでにかろうじてなんとかそのてがみをかいた。

I barely managed to finish the letter by eleven o'clock.

かろうじてまにあいましたね。

You are only just in time.

かろうじてじこにあわずにすんだ。

I escaped the accident by the skin of my teeth.

かろうじてくるまにあてられずにすんだ。

I narrowly escaped being hit by a car.

かろうじてれっしゃにまにあった。

I barely managed to catch the train.

By the look of the examples, this is spoken grammar?

blabby

Kaens, I think you mistake 辛 for 幸. 幸 is used in 幸福、幸運 etc.
かろうじて is written as 辛うじて.

Miki

blabby, this is the grammar for both spoken and written language (of course).
Miki, true, I did mistake that ^^; So, the meaning would be 'bitter, painful, bad' - the opposite to my first comment, so I'm removing that one. Ugh.

Kaens