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急 kanji
hurry, emergency, sudden, steep
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
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On readings
キュウ
Kun readings
いそぐいそぎせく
Words with 急
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —緊急会議emergency meeting; urgent meeting; emergency session; emergency conference
- —緊急避妊emergency contraception
- —緊急援助emergency aid (e.g. disaster relief); humanitarian aid
- —緊急警報emergency alert; critical alert; emergency warning
- —緊急手術emergency surgery
- —急速凍結quick-freezing; rapid freezing
- —応急措置stopgap measure; quick-fix solution
- —急性鼻炎acute rhinitis
- —急性膵炎acute pancreatitis
- —至急電報urgent telegram
- —急行バスexpress bus
- —通勤急行commuter express; commuter limited express; rapid-service commuter train
- —通勤特急commuter express; commuter limited express; rapid-service commuter train
- —快速急行rapid express train
- —区間特急regional express
- —直通特急direct limited express
- —深夜急行midnight express (train, bus)
- —区間急行semi-express (train service); express service for part of a route
- —緊急速報emergency early warning (cellphone, email, etc.); emergency alert
- —急傾斜地steep sloping land; steep terrain