喫きっ緊きん

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Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', na-adjective, noun

Formal term for matters requiring immediate attention; often used in news, policy, or business contexts. Functions as a noun or adjectival noun (～な/～の).

喫きっ緊きんの課か題だいとして、少しょう子し化か対たい策さくが挙あげられる。
As an urgent issue, measures against the declining birthrate can be cited.
この問もん題だいは喫きっ緊きんに対たい処しょする必ひつ要ようがある。
This problem needs to be dealt with urgently.

Kanji

喫consume, eat, drink
緊tense, solid, hard
吃stammer

Related words

緊きん急きゅう
緊急 is more common and broadly used for emergencies (e.g., 緊急事態), while 喫緊 is more formal and often used for pressing policy or social issues.
急きゅう務む
急務 is a noun meaning 'urgent task' or 'pressing duty', focusing on the task itself rather than the state of urgency.

Written forms

喫きっ緊きんUsage100%
Standard kanji form; commonly used in news and formal writing.
吃きっ緊きん
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 喫緊 is strongly preferred.

Etymology

Compound of 喫 (eat/drink, here used in the sense of 'receive' or 'take on') and 緊 (tight/urgent). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination conveys a sense of something that must be taken on urgently.