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緊急事態 (きんきゅうじたい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

緊きん急きゅう事じ態たい

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ん

きゅ

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い

Meanings

1

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げんした。
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

Similar words

非ひ常じょう事じ態たい
非常事態 is also 'emergency' but often implies an extraordinary or abnormal situation, while 緊急事態 emphasizes urgency and the need for immediate response.

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.