From the Japanese Gitaigo word girigiri. Pronounced geeree-geeree.
"By the skin of your teeth" "really close call" "a sticky situation" "Just made it" "Just barely" All these expressions describe the meaning of giri-giri.
I was walking down the street and the car drove by so close to me it was giri-giri.
One of the worlds best chess player who is considered to be one of the main contenders for magnus carlsens throne
Person 1 - did you see anish giris match against caruana in the candidates?
Person 2 - yeah ,shame he couldnt wit the tournament
Person 1 - he probably will win the next one