► 副詞
即 [(1)そく] [liter] meaning: immediate rank: 1
☆ そう決めたからには即実行しよう ⇨ We made a decision so let’s act immediately
☆ 私達はその場で即契約した ⇨ We immediately agreed to a contract on the spot
► 接続詞
即 [(1)そく] [liter] meaning: automatic rank: 3
☆ 金持ち即悪者とは限らない ⇨ It is not true that a rich person is automatically a bad person
More examples:
- 即効薬 ⇨ A drug that works immediately
- 対策を即行する必要が有る ⇨ We need to respond immediately
- 現実に即した対応が必要だ ⇨ We need countermeasures that match, is relevant to, the reality
- ジャズバンドが即興した ⇨ A jazz band improvised
- 彼は車を即金で買った ⇨ He bought his car with cash
- 天皇即位の式 ⇨ An emperor ascension ceremony
- 新天皇が即位して令和に改元された ⇨ The new emperor was crowned and the new imperial era started
- お金が貯まったら即行買うつもりだ ⇨ I will buy it as soon as I save enough money
- 彼等は取った魚を港で即売する ⇨ They sell the fish they caught immediately at the port
- 私達はその場でその家を買うことを即決した ⇨ We decided to buy the house on the spot
- 生きるとは即ち死ぬことである ⇨ To live, is to die
- 彼の批判に彼女は即座に切り返した ⇨ She immediately retorted, clapped back, against his criticism
- 徳仁は2019年に天皇に即位した ⇨ Naruhito became an emperor in 2019
- 彼は頭を撃たれて即死した ⇨ He was shot in the head and died immediately
- ジャズは殆どが即興だ ⇨ Most of jazz is improvisation