► 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:
- 急げ！ ⇨ Hurry up!
- 彼は怪我人に応急手当をした ⇨ He did first-aid for the injured
- 急に客が増えてててんてこ舞いだ ⇨ Suddenly customers have increased and we have more than we can handle
- 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
- 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
- 先頭と二位の差は急に縮まった ⇨ The distance between the leader and the second has shrunk suddenly
- 急ぎ過ぎると往々にして失敗するものだ ⇨ You often make mistakes when you hurry too much
- 特急列車 ⇨ An express train
- 緊急の際の連絡先 ⇨ The contacts for the time of emergency
- 飛行機は急速に降下した ⇨ The plain descended rapidly
- 医者はまず応急処置を施した ⇨ The doctor performed emergency treatment first
- ガソリンの値段が急騰した ⇨ The price of gasoline skyrocketed
- 飛行機が急降下した ⇨ The plane nosedived
- 社長は新製品の開発を急がせた ⇨ The CEO ordered to hurry the development of the new product
- ガソリンが急に値上がりした ⇨ The gas price has suddenly gone up