緊きん急きゅう事じ態たい

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Meanings

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noun

state of emergency; emergency; crisis

Refers to an official or serious situation requiring immediate action, often used in legal, governmental, or disaster contexts.

政せい府ふは緊きん急きゅう事じ態たいを宣せん言

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The government declared a state of emergency.

緊きん急きゅう事じ態たいに備そなえて食しょく料りょうを備び蓄ちくしている。

We are stockpiling food in preparation for an emergency.

Kanji

緊tense, solid, hard
急hurry, emergency, sudden
事matter, thing, fact
態attitude, condition, figure

Related words

危き機きN2
緊急事態 stresses the need for immediate action and is often used in official declarations, whereas 危機 focuses on the danger or critical nature of the situation itself.

Don't confuse with

緊きん急きゅう事じ態たい宣せん言げん
緊急事態 refers to the emergency situation itself, while 緊急事態宣言 is the official government act of declaring that such a situation exists.

Word family

緊きん急きゅう事じ態たい宣せん言げん
declaration of a state of emergency; state-of-emergency declaration

Built from

緊きん急きゅう+事じ態たい

Etymology

Compound of 緊急 (urgent) and 事態 (situation). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination straightforwardly conveys an urgent state of affairs.