No. 993 in Japanese
緊急
"緊急" means "urgent" or "emergency."
In a sentence
緊急事態には冷静に行動する必要があります。
During an emergency, it's necessary to act calmly.
Here, '緊急' modifies '事態' (situation) to indicate an emergency situation.
急用で緊急の連絡をしました。
Due to urgent business, I made an emergency contact.
In this sentence, '緊急' works as an adjective describing '連絡' (contact), meaning it was an urgent communication.
緊急ではない案件は後で処理してください。
Please handle non-urgent matters later.
'緊急' is contrasted with 'ではない' (not), referring to matters that are not of an emergency nature.
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