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急ぎ (いそぎ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

急いそぎ

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Meanings

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noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

haste; hurry; urgency

Refers to doing something quickly or with urgency. Often used in set phrases like 急ぎの用事 (urgent business) or 急ぎ足 (hurried pace).

急いそぎの

仕し

事ごと

が

入はい

っ

て

しまっ

た

。

An urgent task came up.

彼かれは急いそぎ足あしで駅えきに向むかった。

He headed to the station at a hurried pace.

Usage patterns

急いそぎの〈事こと〉an urgent matter/task
急いそぎの用よう事じがあるので、先さきに失しつ礼れいします。
I have an urgent matter to attend to, so I'll excuse myself first.
お急いそぎですかare you in a hurry? (polite)
お急いそぎですか。それならタクシーを呼よびましょう。
Are you in a hurry? If so, let's call a taxi.
〈物もの〉を急いそぎで〈動どう詞し〉to do something in a hurry/urgently
資し料りょうを急いそぎで用よう意いしてください。
Please prepare the documents urgently.

Kanji

急hurry, emergency, sudden

Related words

緊きん急きゅうN1
緊急 is a formal word for an emergency or critical urgency, while 急ぎ is a more general, everyday term for being in a hurry.
至し急きゅうN2
至急 is a formal, often written term meaning 'immediately/urgently', whereas 急ぎ is the plain everyday noun for haste.
早そう急きゅうN1
早急 stresses doing something 'promptly and without delay' in formal/business contexts, while 急ぎ is the everyday word for hurrying.
大おお急いそぎN1
急ぎ is the general word for 'hurry' or 'urgency', while 大急ぎ emphasizes an especially great degree of haste.

Don't confuse with

急いそぐN5
急ぐ is the verb 'to hurry', while 急ぎ is its noun form meaning 'haste' or 'urgency'.
急きゅうにN4
急に means 'suddenly' and describes an unexpected change, while 急ぎ means 'in a hurry' and describes doing something quickly on purpose.

Word family

取とり急いそぎN1
in haste; for now
大おお急いそぎN1
great hurry; rush
急いそぎ足あし
fast pace; quick steps

Etymology

Noun form of the verb 急ぐ (to hurry).

急いそぎ便びん

express delivery

買かい急いそぎ

buying spree; hasty purchase; rush to buy