crisis awareness; sense of impending crisis
Refers to a conscious recognition that a dangerous or critical situation is approaching, often used in contexts like disaster preparedness, business risk management, or personal vigilance.
Precisely because it's a country with many earthquakes, it's important to have a sense of impending crisis.
The management's lack of crisis awareness led to the company's bankruptcy.
危機意識 stresses a conscious, reasoned recognition that a crisis exists, whereas 危機感 is more about the raw emotional feeling of unease.
危機意識 stresses an urgent sense of crisis or danger, whereas 問題意識 is a broader, more analytical awareness of an ongoing issue.
Compound of 危機 (crisis) and 意識 (awareness, consciousness).