急

Meaning

急 centers on something happening quickly and urgently: hurrying, a sudden event, or an emergency. The steep sense extends this idea to a sharp, abrupt incline.

• 急きゅう
  N3

  sudden; abrupt; unexpected

• 急ぐいそぐ
  N5

  to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner

• 緊急きんきゅう
  N1

  urgency; emergency

• 救急きゅうきゅう

  first-aid; emergency (aid)

• 特急とっきゅう
  N5

  limited express (train for which a limited-express ticket is required)

• 急速きゅうそく
  N2

  rapid (e.g. progress)

• 急激きゅうげき
  N3

  sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical

• 急ぎいそぎ

  haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch

• 急遽きゅうきょ
  N1

  hurriedly; in a hurry; hastily; in haste

• 急行きゅうこう
  N5

  hurrying (to somewhere); rushing; hastening

• 急増きゅうぞう
  N2

  rapid increase; sharp rise; proliferation; surge; explosion

• 早急そうきゅう
  N1

  immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing

• 急性きゅうせい
  N1

  acute (illness)

• 応急おうきゅう
  N1

  emergency fix; tentative measure; temporary solution

• 至急しきゅう
  N2

  urgent; pressing; immediate; prompt; express

• 宅急便たっきゅうびん

  TA-Q-BIN (express home delivery service provided by Yamato Transport)

• 急落きゅうらく

  sudden fall; sharp fall; sudden drop; sharp drop

• 急所きゅうしょ
  N1

  vital part (of the body); tender spot; weak point; vitals

• 急進きゅうしん

  rapid progress; radical progress

• 急死きゅうし

  sudden death

• 急変きゅうへん
  N1

  sudden turn; sudden change

• 急務きゅうむ

  urgent business; pressing need; imperative

• 緩急かんきゅう

  high and low speed; fast and slow; pace; tempo

• 急かすせかす
  N1

  to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush

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