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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
- —赤丸急上昇sudden increase (e.g. in ranking, popularity or sales); rapid rise (e.g. to fame or power)
- —緊急連絡先emergency contact
- —急性期病院acute hospital; acute care hospital
- —急性心不全acute heart failure
- —阪急百貨店Hankyu Department Store
- —東急ハンズTokyu Hands (Japanese department store chain)
- —東急東横線Tōkyū Tōyoko Line
- —東急不動産Tokyu Land Corporation
- —京急大師線Keikyū Daishi Line
- —京急空港線Keikyū Airport Line
- —国連緊急軍United Nations Emergency Force
- —危急存亡の秋crisis; critical moment; critical time
- —緊急浮上訓練emergency surfacing drill (submarine)
- —急場をしのぐto tide over a difficult situation; to use a stopgap measure in a crisis
- —急性心筋梗塞acute myocardial infarction; AMI
- —特殊急襲部隊Special Assault Team; SAT
- —急性灰白髄炎poliomyelitis; polio
- —急性冠症候群acute coronary syndrome; ACS
- —緊急火山情報emergency volcanic alert (e.g. an eruption warning); urgent information on volcanic activity
- —緊急地震速報Earthquake Early Warning; EEW