JLPT N1 · な-adjective

緊急 (kinkyuu)

緊急 (きんきゅう, kinkyuu) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “urgency; emergency”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: きんきゅう
Romaji: kinkyuu
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

urgency; emergency · noun, noun taking の, な-adjective

Example sentences

緊急の場合は、１１９番に電話しなさい。

In case of emergency, call 119.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 緊急

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	緊急だ	きんきゅうだ kinkyuuda
Present (polite)	緊急です	きんきゅうです kinkyuudesu
Negative	緊急じゃない	きんきゅうじゃない kinkyuujanai
Past	緊急だった	きんきゅうだった kinkyuudatta
Negative past	緊急じゃなかった	きんきゅうじゃなかった kinkyuujanakatta
Te-form	緊急で	きんきゅうで kinkyuude
Before a noun	緊急な	きんきゅうな kinkyuuna
Adverb (~ni)	緊急に	きんきゅうに kinkyuuni

Kanji in 緊急

緊

tense, solid, hardキン・し.める・し.まる · 15 strokes

急

hurry, emergency, suddenキュウ・いそ.ぐ・いそ.ぎ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 緊急.

緊張きんちょうtension急きゅうsudden急行きゅうこうhurrying (to somewhere)特急とっきゅうlimited express (train for which a limited-express ticket is required)急ぐいそぐto hurry至急しきゅうurgent急激きゅうげきsudden急速きゅうそくrapid (e.g. progress)急にきゅうにswiftly応急おうきゅうemergency fix準急じゅんきゅうsemi-express train早急そうきゅうimmediate早急さっきゅうimmediate急かすせかすto hurry (up)

Source: JMdict entry 1241850 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.