► 形容動詞
急 [きゅう] meaning: fast rank: 1
☆ この川は流れが急だから危険だ ⇨ This river current is very fast and dangerous
急 [きゅう] meaning: steep rank: 1
☆ 急な坂 ⇨ A steep hill
急 [きゅう] meaning: sudden rank: 1
☆ 急にそんな事を言われてもどうしたら良いかわからない ⇨ You ask me that out of the blue and I just don’t what to do
☆ 急に雨が降り出した ⇨ Suddenly it started raining
急 [きゅう] meaning: urgent rank: 1
☆ 急な仕事が入った ⇨ I just got an urgent work
☆ 急な知らせが入った ⇨ I just got an urgent message (☛ Often about someone dying)
More examples:
- ガソリンが急に値下がりした ⇨ The gas price has suddenly gone down
- 彼は緩急自在の投球で相手を零点に抑えた ⇨ He had a complete command of the speed of his pitches and shut out the opponent
- チームは首位のチームを急追している ⇨ The team is rapidly catching up with the leading team
- 私達は新製品の開発を急いでいる ⇨ We are developing our new product in a hurry
- 早急に対策を立てなければいけない ⇨ We need to come up with a countermeasure quickly
- 彼は急遽事故現場に飛んだ ⇨ He immediately flew to the scene of the accident
- 彼等は完成を急ぐ余り手抜きをした ⇨ They were in such a hurry to complete the work, they cut corners
- 彼は急な山道を喘ぎながら歩いた ⇨ He walked up the steep mountain trail panting
- 携帯電話の普及率は急激に増加した ⇨ The penetration of mobile phones has increased drastically
- 彼は四十才で急死した ⇨ He suddenly died at the age of 40
- 緊急事態が起こった ⇨ A urgent situation, an emergency, has happened
- 急降下爆撃 ⇨ Dive bombing
- 急に不慣れな運動をしたので体中が痛い ⇨ My entire body is very sore because I suddenly did an exercise I am not used to
- 病院は緊急時の燃料を常備している ⇨ Hospitals are always maintaining fuel for emergency
- 緊急の際の連絡先 ⇨ The contacts for the time of emergency