ヒヤリ・ハット

Japanese

Alternative spellings
ヒヤリハット ひやりはっと

Etymology

From the adverbs ひやり (hiyari) and はっと (hatto).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [çija̠ɾʲi ha̠t̚to̞]

Noun

ヒヤリ・ハット or ひやり・はっと • (hiyari hatto) 

1. workplace incident that is a near miss