► 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:
- 最近生活費が急騰した ⇨ Recently cost of living has risen sharply
- 消防車が大至急現場に向かった ⇨ Fire engines headed with urgent haste, rushed, to the scene
- 昨日急に運動したら、そこら中が痛い ⇨ I worked out yesterday after a long break and my body hurts everywhere
- 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
- 急がないと遅れるよ ⇨ If you don’t hurry you will be late
- ガソリンの値段が急激に上昇した ⇨ The gas price has gone up drastically
- 彼は急にすっくと立ち上がった ⇨ He suddenly got on his feet swiftly
- 技術者達は事故の原因の解明を急いでいる ⇨ The engineers are working hard to determine the cause of the accident
- 緊急事態が起こった ⇨ A urgent situation, an emergency, has happened
- 気温が急激に低下した ⇨ The temperature dropped rapidly
- ガソリンが急に値下がりした ⇨ The gas price has suddenly gone down
- 昼になって気温が急に上昇した ⇨ The temperature has gone up suddenly in the afternoon
- 風向きが急に変わった ⇨ The wind direction has changed suddenly
- 彼は急に飛び出した人を避け切れなかった ⇨ He wasn’t able to avoid the person who jumped out in front of him
- 夕方になって急に冷え込んだ ⇨ It cooled down suddenly in the evening