緊きん迫ぱく

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

緊迫する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	緊迫きんぱくする	緊迫きんぱくしない
Polite	緊迫きんぱくします	緊迫きんぱくしません
Past polite	緊迫きんぱくしました	緊迫きんぱくしませんでした
Past	緊迫きんぱくした	緊迫きんぱくしなかった
Te-form	緊迫きんぱくして	緊迫きんぱくしないで
Desire	緊迫きんぱくしたい	緊迫きんぱくしたくない
Potential	緊迫きんぱくできる	緊迫きんぱくできない
Passive	緊迫きんぱくされる	緊迫きんぱくされない
Causative	緊迫きんぱくさせる	緊迫きんぱくさせない
Causative passive	緊迫きんぱくさせられる	緊迫きんぱくさせられない
Volitional	緊迫きんぱくしよう
Polite volitional	緊迫きんぱくしましょう
Imperative	緊迫きんぱくしろ	緊迫きんぱくするな
Conditional	緊迫きんぱくすれば	緊迫きんぱくしなければ
Tara conditional	緊迫きんぱくしたら	緊迫きんぱくしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

tension; strain; heightened pressure

Describes a situation, atmosphere, or relationship becoming tense, strained, or charged with urgency. Often used in news, politics, and serious contexts.

両りょう国こくの関かん係けいが緊きん迫ぱくしている。
Relations between the two countries are strained.
緊きん迫ぱくした空くう気きが会かい議ぎ室しつを包つつんだ。
A tense atmosphere filled the conference room.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉〉が緊迫きんぱくするfor a situation to become tense
両りょう国こくの関かん係けいが緊きん迫ぱくしている。
Relations between the two countries have become tense.
緊迫きんぱくした〈事こと〉〉a tense (situation, atmosphere, etc.)
会かい場じょうは緊きん迫ぱくした空くう気きに包つつまれた。
The venue was wrapped in a tense atmosphere.
緊迫きんぱくが高たかまるfor tension to mount
国こっ境きょう付ふ近きんで緊きん迫ぱくが高たかまっている。
Tension is mounting near the border.
緊迫きんぱくを緩和かんわするto ease the tension
両りょう首しゅ脳のうの会かい談だんで緊きん迫ぱくを緩かん和わしようとした。
They tried to ease the tension through talks between the two leaders.

Kanji

緊tense, solid, hard
迫urge, force, imminent

Related words

緊きん張ちょうN4
緊張 usually describes personal nervousness or physical tightness, while 緊迫 describes an external situation or atmosphere becoming tense and urgent.
切せっ迫ぱく
切迫 stresses that a deadline or crisis is imminent and pressing, whereas 緊迫 stresses the charged, tense atmosphere of a situation.
凛りん
凛 (as in 凛とした空気) evokes a tense, charged atmosphere through stillness, while 緊迫 more directly names a situation as tense or critical.
険けん悪あくN1
緊迫 emphasizes a situation being strained to the breaking point, while 険悪 adds a note of open hostility or ill will.

Opposites

緩かん和わN1
緩和 means the easing or relaxing of pressure, the opposite of 緊迫's rising tension.

Don't confuse with

逼ひっ迫ぱく
逼迫 shares the kanji 迫 and a sense of pressure but refers specifically to resources or finances being strained, while 緊迫 refers to a situation or atmosphere becoming tense.
緊きん張ちょうN4
緊迫 describes a situation that has become critically tense or urgent, while 緊張 is the more general word for tension or strain between parties.
切せっ迫ぱく
緊迫 describes a tense, strained atmosphere (e.g. between nations), while 切迫 describes a deadline or crisis that is about to arrive; learners often mix them up because both share 迫.
緊きん縛ばく
緊迫 (tension, a tense situation) sounds and looks similar to 緊縛 but has nothing to do with physical binding.

Word family

緊きん迫ぱく感かん
sense of urgency; feeling of high tension

Etymology

From 緊 (tight, strict) and 迫 (press, urge), literally 'pressing tightly'. The combination conveys a sense of mounting pressure or imminent crisis.